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'Noah's Ark' Survives Collision With Norwegian Coast Guard Vessel
Source: ABC News
'Noah's Ark' Survives Collision With Norwegian Coast Guard Vessel
By DAVID R. MERRELL Jun 10, 2016, 12:22 PM ET
A floating museum based on the biblical story of Noah and the flood was damaged in a collision with a moored Norwegian Coast Guard patrol vessel in the Oslo harbor
No injuries were reported in the accident that left both vessels damaged, Coast Guard officials told The Associated Press, and there were apparently no animals aboard. The Noah’s Ark-themed barge arrived in Oslo May 9 after a 12-hour trip from Larvik, according to the museum's Facebook page, and was next scheduled to anchor in Sandefjord, Norway.
The 230-foot-long replica was originally built by Dutch businessman Johan Huibers after he dreamed of a great storm flooding his home province in the Netherlands, according to his biography.
Huibers sold the vessel to Aad Peters, a Dutch artist, in 2010, according to the Ark of Noah Foundation. Huibers went on to build a second, larger Noah’s Ark-theme vessel, which he plans to take on a voyage (by barge) to Brazil this summer.
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By DAVID R. MERRELL Jun 10, 2016, 12:22 PM ET
A floating museum based on the biblical story of Noah and the flood was damaged in a collision with a moored Norwegian Coast Guard patrol vessel in the Oslo harbor
No injuries were reported in the accident that left both vessels damaged, Coast Guard officials told The Associated Press, and there were apparently no animals aboard. The Noah’s Ark-themed barge arrived in Oslo May 9 after a 12-hour trip from Larvik, according to the museum's Facebook page, and was next scheduled to anchor in Sandefjord, Norway.
The 230-foot-long replica was originally built by Dutch businessman Johan Huibers after he dreamed of a great storm flooding his home province in the Netherlands, according to his biography.
Huibers sold the vessel to Aad Peters, a Dutch artist, in 2010, according to the Ark of Noah Foundation. Huibers went on to build a second, larger Noah’s Ark-theme vessel, which he plans to take on a voyage (by barge) to Brazil this summer.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/noahs-ark-survives-collision-norwegian-coast-guard-vessel/story?id=39753793
[font size=1]The damage of the hull of a wooden exhibition ship built as a representation of Noah's Ark after it crashed into a moored Coast Guard vessel in Oslo harbor, June 10, 2016, in Oslo[/font]
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