''Atlantic Osprey'' is an
anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel, launched 17 April 2003.
Built by
Halifax Shipyard
The Halifax Shipyard Limited is a Canadian shipbuilding company located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Founded in 1889, it is today a wholly owned subsidiary of Irving Shipbuilding Inc. and is that company's largest ship construction and repair facil ...
for operation by Atlantic Towing Limited, ''Atlantic Osprey'' is an
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UT722L design intended for use in the offshore
oil field
A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations. Such reservoirs form when kerogen (ancient plant matter) is created in surrounding rock by the prese ...
s. With a 12 MW
diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which Combustion, ignition of diesel fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to Mechanics, mechanical Compr ...
, the 3,453 gross tonnage tug can transit at .
In December 2005, she recovered the wreckage of a crashed Canadian Coast Guard helicopter
near Marystown, Newfoundland.
She was the vessel used to recover wreckage and bodies following the 12 March 2009 crash of
Cougar Helicopters Flight 91
Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 was a scheduled flight of a Cougar Sikorsky S-92A ( Registration C-GZCH) which ditched on 12 March 2009 en route to the ''SeaRose'' FPSO in the White Rose oil field and Hibernia Platform in the Hibernia oilfield o ...
.
References
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Tugboats of Canada
Ships built in Nova Scotia
2003 ships
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