Atlantic Osprey

Atlantic Osprey is an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel, launched 17 April 2003.[2]

History
Name: Atlantic Osprey
Operator: Atlantic Towing Limited
Port of registry: Halifax, Nova Scotia,  Canada
Builder: Halifax Shipyard
Completed: 2003
In service: yes
Identification: IMO number: 9255907[1]
General characteristics
Tonnage: 3,453 GT[1]
Length: 80 m (262 ft 6 in)[1]
Beam: 18 m (59 ft 1 in)[1]
Draught: 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)[1]
Installed power: 4 × Bergen B32:40 diesel engines[1]
Propulsion: 2 × controllable pitch propellers
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (maximum)[1]

Built by Halifax Shipyard for operation by Atlantic Towing Limited, Atlantic Osprey is an Ulstein UT722L design intended for use in the offshore oil fields. With a 12 MW diesel engine, the 3,453 gross tonnage tug can transit at 16 knots (30 km/h).[3]

In December 2005, she recovered the wreckage of a crashed Canadian Coast Guard helicopter [4] near Marystown, Newfoundland.

She was the vessel used to recover wreckage and bodies following the 12 March 2009 crash of Cougar Helicopters Flight 91.

References

  1. Atlantic Towing Limited "Atlantic Osprey Specifacation", accessed 10 March 2012
  2. "Halifax Shipyard launches AHTS". Offshore Magazine. 63 (7). Pennwell. July 2003. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  3. "Vessel: Atlantic Osprey". Canadian Transportation Agency. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  4. "TSB Aviation Investigation Report A05A0155".


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