Spyder78 Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 (edited) Print A A A A ghost ship carrying nothing but disease-ridden rats could be about to make land on Britain’s shore, experts have warned. The Lyubov Orlova cruise liner has been drifting across the north Atlantic for the better part of a year, and salvage hunters say there is a strong chance it is heading this way. Built in Yugoslavia in 1976, the unlucky vessel was abandoned in a Canadian harbour after its owners were embroiled in a debt scandal and failed to pay the crew. The authorities in Newfoundland tried to sell the hull for scrap – valued at £600,000 – to the Dominican Republic, but cut their losses when it came loose in a storm on the way. Sending the ship off into international waters, Transport Canada said it was satisfied the Lyubov Orlova “no longer poses a threat to the safety of [Canadian] offshore oil installations, their personnel or the marine environment”. Experts say the ship, which is likely to still contain hundreds of rats that have been eating each other to survive, must still be out there somewhere because not all of its lifeboat emergency beacons have been set off. Ghost riders: An unmanned Russian ship full of rats is adrift in the Atlantic - so, just how many other vagrant vessels are out there? Two signals were picked up on the 12 and 23 March last year, presumably from lifeboats which fell away and hit the water, showing the vessel had made it two-thirds of the way across the Atlantic and was heading east. A week later, an unidentified object of about the right size was spotted on radar just off the coast of Scotland – but search planes never verified the find. Pim de Rhoodes, a Belgian salvage hunter who is among a number looking for the Lyubov Orlova off the UK coastline, told The Sun: “She is floating around out there somewhere. “There will be a lot of rats and they eat each other. If I get aboard I'll have to lace everywhere with poison.” The head of the Irish coastguard, Chris Reynolds, said the ship was more likely than not to still pose a threat. “There have been huge storms in recent months but it takes a lot to sink a vessel as big as that,” he said. “We must stay vigilant.” http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mystery-of-the-lyubov-orlova-ghost-ship-full-of-cannibal-rats-could-be-heading-for-british-coast-9080103.html Edited January 23, 2014 by Spyder78 Quote
MizzFoxxy Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Great thats sleep off my list now..o.o Quote
EnigmaticArtist Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Great thats sleep off my list now..o.o Quote
Spyder78 Posted January 23, 2014 Author Posted January 23, 2014 What's so scary about it? No one is on it and it's full of rats. Cannibalistic rats carrying diseases. Is kinda terrifying lol Quote
EnigmaticArtist Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 What's so scary about it? No one is on it and it's full of rats. It's bound to stop on land. Quote
Spyder78 Posted January 24, 2014 Author Posted January 24, 2014 A rat ship, I'd take a ride. Next time bunch of Republicans take a boat trip, tag along lol Quote
Zark Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Same as the false blackwidow story a couple months ago...... It will die next month lol Quote
Big Pete® Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 What's so scary about it? No one is on it and it's full of rats. It's bound to stop on land.stop on land? lol if its headed here it will get blown straight out of the water! Quote
EnigmaticArtist Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 What's so scary about it? No one is on it and it's full of rats. It's bound to stop on land. stop on land? lol if its headed here it will get blown straight out of the water! Did you not read the OP? A ghost ship carrying nothing but disease-ridden rats could be about to make land on Britain’s shore, experts have warned. Quote
Righteous Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Wonder if that's the Rat King on there and he's trying 2 sneak attack the Ninja Turtles!!! Quote
Guest PenguinPrincess Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Wonder if that's the Rat King on there and he's trying 2 sneak attack the Ninja Turtles!!! There just trying to get away before Micheal Bay fucks there franchise. Quote
mrblacksheep Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) This story is the perfect script for horror a movie. I love horror movies. Edited January 24, 2014 by mrblacksheep Quote
Bob_Van_Dam Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 A rat ship, I'd take a ride. Next time bunch of Republicans take a boat trip, tag along lol The conversations would be quite interesting, I'd fit it, as long as I say I didn't vote for Obama. Quote
Tyrant185 Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) Gone, apparently http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/01/26/officials-believe-rat-infested-ghost-ship-has-sunk/ A deserted ship thought to be carrying thousands of disease-infested rats has probably sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic, authorities in Western Europe say. Earlier this week, reports in the British press suggested that the Yugoslav-built, Russian-registered ship Lyubov Orlova was drifting toward the coast of Britain. The ship was last definitively seen on February 23 of last year, approximately 1,300 nautical miles (approximately 1,500 land miles) off the west coast of Ireland. Chris Reynolds of the Irish Coast Guard told the Irish Independent Friday that "Our belief is that it has more than likely sunk, given the storms that have gone through the region." Reynolds cautioned that the authorities' belief was not an absolute certainty. However, he pointed out that "We spent two or three months last year searching for it, using satellites and the [irish] Air Corps assisted us ... We've discussed it with [authorities in] the U.K. and Norway and Iceland and we're all pretty happy that it has probably sunk." Two signals were received from the vessel's emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) on March 12 and 23, possibly from lifeboats that had fallen off the vessel, since the EPIRB does not transmit until it is exposed to water. Interest in the ship has also been piqued by the value of its metal, believed to be worth 1 million euros (approximately $1.4 million). It had been seized by Canadian authorities as part of a lawsuit against its former owners in 2010, and was to be sent to the Dominican Republic for scrap last year but broke away from tow ships three times. Edited January 28, 2014 by Tyrant185 Quote
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