The Royal Canadian Navy has identified the victim of last week's tragedy, saying Petty Officer Second Class Gregory Applin was a 19-year veteran of the force.

The rigid-hull inflatable, known in the Royal Canadian Navy as a RHIB, overturned around 10 p.m. as it was returning to a boat shed after ferrying sea trial staff from HMCS Montreal to the Mill Cove Jetty, about a mile away. The frigate was moored in the Bedford Basin at the northern end of Halifax Harbour to test its sonar equipment.

The Royal Canadian Navy has released the name of the sailor who died after a boat capsized in Halifax harbour on Friday night.