Norwegian Navy Overturns a Ship on Purpose to Try to Prevent it from Sinking

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A Norwegian Navy frigate returning to the base after NATO’s “Trident Juncture” exercise collided with a Maltese tanker in the Hjelte fjord near Bergen and during the rescue maneuvers, to prevent it from sinking, it turned on purpose sideways. It is unknown if the attempt to save the ship will work.

The ship began to lose control and the Armed Forces and the police began to work to drag her inland. Authorities explained on Thursday at a press conference that the ship turned on purpose because...

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