For the vehicle carrier, see Atlantic Osprey (ferry).
Atlantic Osprey docked in St. John's, February 2007
History
Name
Atlantic Osprey
Operator
Atlantic Towing
Port of registry
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Builder
Halifax Shipyard
Completed
2003
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]
Atlantic Osprey is an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel, launched 17 April 2003.[2]
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.
^ abcdefgAtlantic Towing Limited "Atlantic Osprey Specifacation"[permanent dead link], accessed 10 March 2012
^"Halifax Shipyard launches AHTS". Offshore Magazine. Vol. 63, no. 7. Pennwell. July 2003. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
^"Vessel: Atlantic Osprey". Canadian Transportation Agency. Retrieved 2009-03-16. [dead link]
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