‘Noah’s Ark’ crashes with Coast Guard ship in Oslo harbour

Norwegian officials say a wooden exhibition ship built as a representation of Noah’s Ark has crashed with a Norwegian officials say a wooden exhibition ship built as a representation of Noah’s Ark has crashed with a Coast Guard vessel in the Oslo harbor, damaging both ships.in the Oslo harbor, damaging both ships.

Norwegian officials say a wooden exhibition ship built as a representation of Noah’s Ark has crashed with a Coast Guard vessel in the Oslo harbour, damaging both ships.

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Coast Guard spokesman Rune Svartsund said the wooden ship was being towed into the harbor Friday morning when it ran into the “Nornen” patrol vessel, which was moored at a quay.

Svartsund said no one was injured but both ships were damaged.

Photos by news agency NTB showed the wooden ship had a large hole above the water line. Svartsund said a crane aboard the patrol vessel was damaged.

According to its website, the “Noah’s Ark” is a 70-meter-long (230-foot-long) Dutch-built model of the Biblical ship, and is used as a floating museum.