Not the kind of movie Lybov Orlova appeared in, though:
Posted on 03/13/2013 2:06:14 PM PDT by Doogle
A Russian cruise ship with only rats aboard is floating aimlessly in the North Atlantic, hundreds of miles off the coast of Newfoundland after breaking loose from a tugboat.
The MV Lyubov Orlova — named after an iconic Russian film actress — was being towed to a scrapyard in the Dominican Republic when a cable snapped, leaving the 295-foot vessel adrift. A brief effort to re-secure the boat was abandoned days later due to rough seas. As of Tuesday, the ship was roughly 760 miles off the coast of Newfoundland and 1,125 miles from Ireland, a U.S. intelligence agency told FoxNews.com.
“We continue to receive information about the ship’s location, and will issue message when needed to facilitate safe navigation,” Christine Phillips, a spokeswoman for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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Yeah,,,, well, that was the other side of the coin. It’s value. I have no clue as to what that might be. But the current owner was willing to do it.
There are rats on the ship? I’d heard the quality of entertainment on some ships had slipped a little. Well, maybe they have a really good buffet.
I took my wife and teen aged kids to Antarctica on this 100 passenger rust bucket about 8 years ago. In fairness, it was a great cruse at 1/3 the cost of the National Geographic Explorer.
A disgusting, stench-ridden vessel utterly adrift and filled with rats. But enough about Washington D.C...
Excellent.
A first hand accounting.
US Navy Harpoon target practice time!
Not the kind of movie Lybov Orlova appeared in, though:
“Is it clear above?”
“Ay, Captain. Sonar has no contacts.”
“Up periscope...............My God!”
“What is it Captain? What do you see?”
“It’s a shipload of rats wearing sunglasses and sitting in deck chairs. Bring out the ship identification book. Nothing. It must be a charter cruise. Take her down to one hundred feet. This is almost as bad as when we saw that Rosie cruise ship.”
Great graphic.
Operation Trojan horse.
A Russian cruise ship with only rats aboard... The MV Lyubov Orlova -- named after an iconic Russian film actress -- was being towed to a scrapyard in the Dominican Republic when a cable snapped, leaving the 295-foot vessel adrift... roughly 760 miles off the coast of Newfoundland and 1,125 miles from Ireland...Still preferred by travellers over Aeroflot.
Reads as though it is about to become a Muslim operated ship under a North Korean flag.
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