
This is the moment when a 230-ft-long 'Noah's Ark' crashed into a Coast Guard vessel as it was being towed into Oslo harbour.

The wooden exhibition ship was built as a representation of the Ark described in the Bible, and smashed into the side of the Coast Guard vessel, which was moored in the harbour, Norwegian officials said.

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.

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

Photos 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 230-foot-long Dutch-built model of the Biblical ship, and is used as a floating museum.

Collision course: The 230-foot-long 'Noah's Ark' was being towed into Oslo harbour when it crashed into a coast guard vessel

Damange done: No one was injured in the incident, but the crash opened up a large hole in the side of the 'Ark'

The 230-foot-long wooden ship, which is used as a floating museum, was being towed into the harbor Friday morning when it ran into the 'Nornen' patrol vessel, which was moored at a quay