Atlantic Osprey

History
Name: Atlantic Osprey
Operator: Atlantic Towing Limited
Port of registry: Halifax,  Canada
Builder: Halifax Shipyard
Completed: 2003
In service: yes
Identification: IMO number: 9255907[1]
General characteristics
Tonnage: 3,453 Gross tons[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 UT 722 L design intended for use in the offshore oil fields. With a 12 MW diesel engine, the 3453 gross tonne 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Atlantic Towing Limited "Atlantic Osprey Specifacation", accessed 10 March 2012
  2. ↑ "Halifax Shipyard launches AHTS". Offshore Magazine. 63 (7). Pennwell. July 2003. 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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