Rat Infested Ghost Ship Threatens UK

[icyfroth]

An abandoned, rat-infested cruise liner stalks the Atlantic Ocean, and its next target could be the British shoreline.

The Lyubov Orlova has been drifting since January 2013, when it was cut loose while being towed from Canada to be scrapped.

The 38-year-old, 300-metre ship has not been sighted for months but it is believed it must still be afloat because its lifeboat emergency beacons, which are triggered when they come into contact with water, have not gone off.

It's now feared that recent winter storms may have driven the ship closer to England, Scotland or Ireland — bringing with it hundreds of disease-ridden rats which have been eating each other to survive, reports the Independent.

"There will be a lot of rats and they eat each other. If I get aboard I'll have to lace everywhere with poison," Pim de Rhoodes, a Belgian salvage hunter seeking the ship off the coast of the UK, told the Sun.

De Rhoodes said that if the Soviet-built ship is found its scrap could be sold for $1.1 million.

Like all good horror movie villains, the Lyubov Orlova continues to evade authorities. British and Irish coastal agencies both said there have been no confirmed reports or sightings of the vessel.

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Brrr, that's creepy! Why was she cut loose on her way to be scrapped if she's worth that much for salvage?

[lind9650]

Rat infested ghost ship? maybe not.

http://www.wunderground.com/news/rat-infested-ghost-ship-lyubov-orlova-barrels-toward-land-20140123

[spotweldersfriend]

I got bitten by a rat once.And a monkey.Anyone got any cheese....or a banana? 🙂

[kengillard]

found the said rat dead out near the road.....while chasing neighbours damned dog...all over the road.  had to stand in the middle of the road with hands up to stop 2 cars.  **bleep** thing...dog that is.

[darksideofthemoon]

Was it the same rat tho gil?  hohoho 

[colic2bullsgirlore]

When ships are being towed to the scuttling port and bad weather is imminent or encountered then often the ship is cut

free or moored in a safe haven so that the Tug towing them is not sunk as well. Sometimes they "find" them sometimes

they "find" the shore themselve .... If the storm is big enough sometimes they are never found and lost at sea but are

still floating .....  as the cost of the search mounts then proportionately the profit from recovery shrinks...

...Remember the Sydney ferries at SWR in 1972? ........ Wooooooops.......

http://www.mypage.tsn.cc/kato/trial%20bay.htm

http://www.southwestrocks.org/gallery/sights/ferries/index2.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johncowper/5490830913/

[icyfroth]

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@lind9650 wrote:

Rat infested ghost ship? maybe not.

http://www.wunderground.com/news/rat-infested-ghost-ship-lyubov-orlova-barrels-toward-land-20140123

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thanks Erica 🙂

[icyfroth]

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@colic2bullsgirlore wrote:

When ships are being towed to the scuttling port and bad weather is imminent or encountered then often the ship is cut

free or moored in a safe haven so that the Tug towing them is not sunk as well. Sometimes they "find" them sometimes

they "find" the shore themselve .... If the storm is big enough sometimes they are never found and lost at sea but are

still floating .....  as the cost of the search mounts then proportionately the profit from recovery shrinks...

...Remember the Sydney ferries at SWR in 1972? ........ Wooooooops.......

http://www.mypage.tsn.cc/kato/trial%20bay.htm

http://www.southwestrocks.org/gallery/sights/ferries/index2.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johncowper/5490830913/

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That was interesting, thanks, colics. I'd never heard that before.