Atlantic Osprey

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Atlantic Osprey docked in St. John's, February 2007
History
NameAtlantic Osprey
OperatorAtlantic Towing
Port of registryHalifax, Nova Scotia,  Canada
BuilderHalifax Shipyard
Completed2003
IdentificationIMO number9255907[1]
General characteristics
Tonnage3,453 GT[1]
Length80 m (262 ft 6 in)[1]
Beam18 m (59 ft 1 in)[1]
Draught6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)[1]
Installed power4 × Bergen B32:40 diesel engines[1]
Propulsion2 × controllable pitch propellers
Speed16 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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Atlantic Towing Limited "Atlantic Osprey Specifacation"[permanent dead link], accessed 10 March 2012
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Vessel: Atlantic Osprey". Canadian Transportation Agency. Retrieved 2009-03-16. [dead link]
  4. ^ "TSB Aviation Investigation Report A05A0155".

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