Atlantic Osprey
History | |
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Name: | Atlantic Osprey |
Operator: | Atlantic Towing Limited |
Port of registry: | Halifax, Canada |
Builder: | Halifax Shipyard |
Completed: | 2003 |
Identification: | IMO number: 9255907[1] |
Status: | Scrapped at Swansea, Wales[2] |
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] |
The Atlantic Osprey is an anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) vessel, launched 17 April 2003.[3]
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).[4]
It came to prominence as the vessel used to recover wreckage and bodies following the 12 March 2009 crash of Cougar Helicopters Flight 91.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Atlantic Towing Limited "Atlantic Osprey Specifacation", accessed 10 March 2012
- ↑ www.nwemail.co.uk - Barrow ship Set to be Scrapped , accessed 15 September 2014
- ↑ "Halifax Shipyard launches AHTS". Offshore Magazine. 63 (7). Pennwell. July 2003. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- ↑ "Vessel: Atlantic Osprey". Canadian Transportation Agency. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
External links
- Most current track Marine Traffic
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