performed a goodwill tour of the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. Anticosti was assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) as a minesweeping training vessel in preparation for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project (MCDV), which would become the Kingston class in the late 1990s. Anticosti was deployed by MARLANT in the annual MARCOT exercises as a minelayer. During the investigation into the Swissair Flight 111 crash in September 1998, Anticosti was among the Maritime Command vessels that responded to the crash site. She among the many ships scoured the sea looking for the aircraft's black box as part of Operation "Persistence". In March 1999, the ship sailed with Kingston-class vessels and to the Baltic Sea to participate in the NATO naval exercise "Blue Game". After the Kingston class entered service, Anticosti was identified as surplus and paid off on 21 March 2000. She was sold to commercial interests in January 2002. Anticosti left Halifax in tow of Escort Protector on 10 December 2001 for Clarenville, Newfoundland for the ship's new owners, Star Line Inc. and it was registered without change of name in 2002. The ownership of the vessel has since passed to Cape Harrison Marine of St. John's. The ship has been available for a variety offshore duties including research. As of 2011 Anticosti is a research vessel (IMO 7314723) working in Newfoundland. References Citations Sources External links Anticosti-class minesweepers 1973 ships Ships built in British Columbia Auxiliary ships of the Royal Canadian Navy