A Petty Officer 2nd Class from Newfoundland died after a small military boat capsized in Halifax Harbour on Friday night. Commodore Jacob French, commander of Canadian Fleet Atlantic, identified the deceased as Gregory Applin. Another sailor aboard the craft, a seven-metre rigid-hull inflatable boat, survived. The incident occurred after Applin and the other sailor were dropped off at the Mill Cove jetty.
HALIFAX — The Royal Canadian Navy has identified the sailor who died Friday after a small military boat capsized in the north end of Halifax harbour.
"This is a tragic moment for us, tragic for the entire Navy family," French told a new conference outside Admiral's Gate, which leads to sprawling HMC Dockyard on the Halifax waterfront. He said a military investigation will determine what happened, and he declined to speculate about what went wrong.
French said the boat flipped after its passengers were dropped off at the Mill Cove jetty on the northwestern side of the Bedford Basin, a huge body of water at the north end of the harbour.
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