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'Ghost Ship' Lyubov Orlova - Abandoned Cruise Ship Filled w/ Cannibal Rats Headed for British Shore
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | January 23, 2014, | Stephen Rex Brown

Posted on 01/23/2014 7:11:09 PM PST by DogByte6RER

Ghost ship Lyubov Orlova photo LYUBOV_ORLOVA__1897491a_zps665aff92.jpg

Abandoned cruise ship filled with cannibal rats headed for British shore

The Lyubov Orlova has been detected off the coast of Scotland. Its only passengers are demented, disease-ridden rats feeding off each other.

An abandoned cruise liner teeming with inbred cannibal rats is adrift in the Atlantic Ocean and possibly about to run aground on Britain’s coastline, according to a new report.

The Lyubov Orlova has been drifting east from Canadian waters since last year.

Newly detected beacons off the dilapidated vessel’s rescue boats indicate it is was recently off the west coast of Scotland, raising concerns it could run ashore there, along the west coast of Ireland or the southern tip of England, according to The Sun.

Salvage hunters are keen to find the dilapidated 300-foot ghost ship that can carry 110 passengers because it is estimated to be worth nearly $1 million.

But once aboard, the scrappers will face unimaginable horror: a demented, disease-ridden population of rats that have been feeding on each other and breeding.

"There will be a lot of rats, and they eat each other,” Belgian-based salvage hunter Pim de Rhoodes told the tabloid. “If I get aboard, I'll have to lace everywhere with poison."

The ship was built in 1976 and primarily toured Antarctic waters. It was abandoned in a Canadian harbor in Sept. 2010 by its indebted owners.

In January of last year it was sold to the Dominican Republic for scrap, but the tow line broke while en route. After harnessing the ship again, the Canadian government elected to cut it loose in international waters, saying it posed no threat to other vessels or offshore oil drilling platforms.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: abandoned; badass; bonvoyage; britain; cannibalrats; cruiseship; ghostship; inbred; rat; rats; seafaring
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To: DogByte6RER

This ship sounds perfect for a new addition to Carnival Cruise Lines.


41 posted on 01/23/2014 8:24:17 PM PST by Rebelbase (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: DogByte6RER

If I recall correctly, this rodent represents Hollywood.

Who says poetic justice is dead?


42 posted on 01/23/2014 8:28:20 PM PST by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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To: Calvin Locke
"If a rumor got started that there's a news camera on board
looking for officials and other spokespeople, a number of pols,
poverty pimps, and community activists will flock to it, taking
along quite a bit of journ-o-lists."
I like your plan; it has the most chances of success, it's an excellent
choice..and baited w/ US Taxpayers' $$$$..an Real human interest story.
but one problem, Animal Cruelty..all those Rats and Marxists/1ship.

43 posted on 01/23/2014 8:35:18 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: DogByte6RER

This would make for a good horror movie


44 posted on 01/23/2014 8:40:42 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: DogByte6RER

if the rats are only eating each other and breeding.... wouldn’t the population be decreasing??


45 posted on 01/23/2014 8:40:54 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: LibFreeUSA

doesn’t look so bad in that pic


46 posted on 01/23/2014 8:42:11 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Gene Eric

Salvage rights! But before you board—take a troop of Rat Terriors.


47 posted on 01/23/2014 8:51:36 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: DogByte6RER

Tell me this is photoshopped. I remember him as ugly and with huge nostrils but not this HUGE!


48 posted on 01/23/2014 8:55:09 PM PST by Sequoyah101
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To: central_va

Old hulks aren’t a treasure. The ship is almost 50 years old. It was up for sale for four million before it was eventually sold for $275,000. latching onto a drifting ship with no onboard help is a dangerous operation. I’m not surprised the Canadians said f**k it.

http://maritimematters.com/2013/02/drifting-blues-the-strange-saga-of-the-m-v-lyubov-orlova/


49 posted on 01/23/2014 8:55:51 PM PST by meatloaf (Impeach Obama. That's my New Year's resolution.)
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To: DogByte6RER
But once aboard, the scrappers will face unimaginable horror: a demented, disease-ridden population of rats that have been feeding on each other and breeding.

The US if the productive decide to go Galt.

50 posted on 01/23/2014 8:59:36 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Demented? This is a gratuitous insult to disease-ridden inbred cannibal rats everywhere.


51 posted on 01/23/2014 9:01:25 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: GeronL

Who is Br’er Rabbit? :p


52 posted on 01/23/2014 11:25:46 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: dfwgator
Why can’t they just bomb it and sink it?

Target practice for any interested navy. A few well-placed 3 inch rounds would sink her.

53 posted on 01/24/2014 12:06:49 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: meatloaf

Make a nice yacht for a Saudi Prince.


54 posted on 01/24/2014 4:28:07 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: JimRed

"We be a rat pirate ship now mate"

We're changing her name to the Jolly Barry O'Ratfink, arg".

55 posted on 01/24/2014 4:34:54 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

It sounds sturdy from the point of surviving abandonment. The diesel engines have almost 50 years of wear. With their money, the Saudis can afford new and all the latest gadgets. I wasn’t impressed by the bridge.


56 posted on 01/24/2014 5:49:46 AM PST by meatloaf (Impeach Obama. That's my New Year's resolution.)
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To: JimRed

Torpedo practice?


57 posted on 01/24/2014 7:06:43 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
Exactly.


58 posted on 01/24/2014 7:09:44 AM PST by Textide
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To: Fido969

“I would have given this cruise a five-star rating but for the poor performance of our demented, disease-ridden cannibal rat room steward, Ben. I had specifically asked him to deliver hot tea to the cabin every day at exactly three pm. It was always lukewarm. He always had some excuse about dodging the other cannibal rats and how this slowed him down. I told him that was unacceptable. The Bentley-Smythes remarked at the Captain’s table the night before we disembarked that their demented, disease-ridden cannibal rat room steward even made towel animals for their room! And Ben couldn’t even get us hot tea. Well, needless to say, Ben didn’t get much of a tip.”


59 posted on 01/24/2014 7:53:07 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: dfwgator

>> “Why can’t they just bomb it and sink it?” <<

.
It’s worth a ton of money, why sink it?

It could easily be fumigated and put to profitable use.


60 posted on 01/24/2014 9:26:02 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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