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.

Commodore Jacob French, commander of Canadian Fleet Atlantic, told reporters in a news conference on Monday that Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory Applin was a crew member of HMCS Montreal.

The Navy says two sailors were operating a rigid-hull inflatable boat in the Halifax-area bay when it overturned and capsized around 10 p.m. on Friday.

The Navy says two sailors were operating a rigid-hull inflatable boat in the harbour when it capsized in the Bedford Basin as a naval exercise was winding down around 10 p.m. The commander of Canadian Fleet Atlantic says the boat was being used to ferry naval personnel between a warship and a nearby jetty.

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.

A sailor with the Royal Canadian Navy has died after their rigid-hull inflatable boat capsized in Halifax's Bedford Basin on Friday night.

A Royal Canadian Navy sailor died Friday night after their rigid hull inflatable capsized on the Bedford basin. The small boat capsized at around 10 p.m., throwing both the sailors it was carrying into the water.