NEWPORT, R.I. — Rhode Island's educational tall ship, the Oliver Hazard Perry, lost power Sunday evening and drifted into multiple boats before grounding near Perrotti Park, according to a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard's First District headquarters in Boston.

Station Castle Hill in Newport was providing a safety zone Sunday evening.

The tall ship, whose home port is in Newport, was leaving Bowen's Wharf Seafood Festival with a crew of 12 when it lost power, the news release said. The 911 call came in at 6:15 p.m.

The ship's engine lost power after its two propellors became entangled in a dock line, the organization that operates the ship said in a press release Monday morning.

The ship struck four boats docked in the harbor, the ship's operators said. Nobody was injured and "minimal damage occurred," according to the operators.

Despite the Coast Guard's report that the ship had run aground, the operators say it did not.

The Coast Guard and Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island staff "are continuing to assess the situation for moving the ship safely as soon as possible," the operators said.

Two boats from Castle Hill and personnel from the Narragansett Bay Marine Task Force responded.

No fuel leaks were reported. The incident is under investigation.

The Oliver Hazard Perry, 200-foot-long three-masted ship that took eight years to build, was finished in 2015. It's a modern ship with a steel hull, but it was designed to look like a naval vessel of the early 1800s. It is the largest civilian sailing school vessel in the nation.

Perrotti Park is where passengers from cruise ships are ferried to spend time visiting in Newport.

-- This report was updated at 10:38 a.m. Monday