Atlantic Osprey is an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel, launched 17 April 2003.[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 16knot.[2]
In December 2005, she recovered the wreckage of a crashed Canadian Coast Guard helicopter [3] near Marystown, Newfoundland.
She was the vessel used to recover wreckage and bodies following the 12 March 2009 crash of Cougar Helicopters Flight 91.