'' Earl Grey '' took part in fall 1998 in assisting in the recovery of wreckage from the crash of Swissair Flight 111 . '' Earl Grey '' and recovered wreckage from the plane , while transferring human remains to . On 7 – 8 December 1989 , '' Earl Grey '' was sent to look for survivors from two cargo vessels that had sank in Cabot Strait . None were found . In 1996 , the ship assisted in the recovery and raising of a wrecked oil barge from the sea floor which had been carrying bunker oil that had been salvaged from another sunken ship
Swissair Flight 111
Swissair Flight 111
Samuel Risley-class icebreaker