![]() Osprey Ltd., Mulgrave (Nouvelle Ecosse)Īt approximately 2200 Footnote 1, 15 June, the "NORTHERN OSPREY" sailed from Mulgrave, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, bound for shrimp fishing grounds off Labrador. Six-cylinder, Mirrlees Blackstone (Stockport) Ltd., 2,339 kW (3,180 BHP) Factual information 1.1 Particulars of the vessel "NORTHERN OSPREY" (ex "OSPREY-87" ex "NORSE-84") Sea water then flooded the hold and engine-room, and the vessel was lost. ![]() The holing was not detected and, in an effort to remove oil from the fish hold because it could not be effectively pumped, the watertight subdivision was lost when a manhole cover to the pipe tunnel and an access door from the pipe tunnel to the engine-room were removed/opened to drain the oil, and not replaced/closed. ![]() The Transportation Safety Board of Canada determined that, while operating in ice conditions, it is most probable the vessel was holed, due to contact with ice. As a result of this, fuel oil gained entry to the fish hold, followed some hours later by sea water. While manoeuvring in ice-infested waters, on 27 June, the vessel sustained damage to her shell plating on the starboard bow in the vicinity of a common bulkhead between a fuel oil tank and the fish hold. The "NORTHERN OSPREY" had departed Mulgrave, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, on 15 June 1990, bound for shrimp fishing grounds off eastern Labrador. ![]()
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