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Atlantic Osprey

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For the vehicle carrier, see Atlantic Osprey (ferry).

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

Quick Facts History, General characteristics ...

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


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