Russian mega-yacht hull ashore outside Norway
The hull of a mega-yacht constructed at the Sevmash shipyard outside Arkhangelsk tore away during tugging to Germany and run ashore in Vesterålen, Northern Norway.
The 68 meter long steel hull of the oceanic mega-yacht was being tugged from Northern Russia to Hamburg, Germany, were it was supposed to be completed, when it broke free from the Polish tug and ended up in the rocks outside Stø in Vesterålen, NRK reports.
The weather in the area is bad, and all attempts to pull the boat away from the rocks, have so far failed.
Construction of hulls for luxury yachts is one of the fields where Sevmash is trying to get a foothold besides the comprehensive military production the shipyard is known for. The hull was launched at Sevmash only last week, the company’s web site reads.
The yacht would probably be worth about NOK 300 million (€36.7 million) after completion, NRK writes.
