Atlantic Osprey

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

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

Atlantic Osprey docked in St. John's, February 2007
History
Name	Atlantic Osprey
Operator	Atlantic Towing
Port of registry	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Builder	Halifax Shipyard
Completed	2003
Identification	IMO number: 9255907[1]
General characteristics
Tonnage	3,453 GT[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]

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.