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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

SCHIELE, Nicole Patricia, A/SLt, C.A.F. (Navy), died - 17 Feb 1994, HMCS SASKATCHEWAN - Daughter of Gunther and Martha Schiele of Calgary, AB.

While on a routine training dive in Howe Sound with six other divers, their team encountered difficulties at depth and A/SLt Schiele and her dive partner, AB Sandy Schreurs, died. Her ashes were committed to the sea off Victoria, BC.

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HMCS SASKATCHEWAN

Article on the funeral service for A/SLt Schiele

The Victoria Times Colonist 26 Feb 1994

(TC01-TC02) Article from the Victoria Times Colonist 19 Feb 1994 on missing divers A/SLt Shiele and AB Schreurs

(TC03) Article on the finding of the bodies of A/SLt Shiele and AB Schreurs

Researched by Steve Hutchings

(VS01) Article from the Vancouver Sun 19 Feb 1994 on missing divers A/SLt Shiele and AB Schreurs

(VS02) Article from the Vancouver Sun 21 Feb 1994 on Naval Inquiry into the deaths of A/SLt Shiele and AB Schreurs

Researched by Steve Hutchings