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A ghost ship filled with cannibal rats may be headed straight for Britain
Salon ^ | 23 January 2014 | Lindsay Abrams

Posted on 01/23/2014 6:12:26 PM PST by Lorianne

According to “experts,” a 1,565-ton cruise liner carrying disease-ridden rats is out there, somewhere, and could very well be headed for Britain.

The ship, which went missing a year ago, has presumably been drifting across the North Atlantic ever since. The Independent‘s account of what happened next is based in some true facts, and then fluffed up with a lot of conjecture. Here’s what appears to be going on:

Not made-up: ghost ships. That’s just the term used for ships with no living crew aboard, and according to Quartz, they’re not that rare — sailors have spotted at least seven such ships in the past 15 years.

It’s possible that this specific ghost ship, the Lyubov Orlova, sank — which would pose environmental problems of its own. But its lifeboats are designed to send off signals when they make contact with the water. Only two such signals have been received, presumably from lifeboats that fell off the ship’s side. The rest haven’t been heard from; ergo, the ship may very well still be out there.

Also not made-up: Canada did it. The Lyubov Orlova was seized by Canadian authorities after its owners racked up $250,000 in unpaid debts. En route to being sold for scrap in the Dominican Republic in January 2013, a storm snapped her tow line. Transport Canada decided not to pursue the ship, declaring that it “no longer poses a threat to the safety of [Canadian] offshore oil installations, their personnel or the marine environment.”

Also not made-up, probably: cannibal rats. “Experts” believe the ship could still contain hundreds of rats, which naturally would only have been able to survive this long by feeding off one another. “There will be a lot of rats and they eat each other,” Belgian salvage hunter Pim de Rhoodes explained.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: dncpartyboat; ghost; ghostship
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1 posted on 01/23/2014 6:12:26 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Please don’t tell me the British navy can’t handle this.


2 posted on 01/23/2014 6:14:30 PM PST by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
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To: Lorianne

Exocet


3 posted on 01/23/2014 6:15:39 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Anti-Complacency League! Baby!)
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To: Lorianne

One well placed torpedo.


4 posted on 01/23/2014 6:17:30 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: Lorianne

AGM-84 Harpoon practice. End of problem.


5 posted on 01/23/2014 6:20:45 PM PST by castowell (War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will - Von Clausewitz)
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To: muir_redwoods

“Please don’t tell me the British navy can’t handle this.”

The British navy probably can’t handle this.


6 posted on 01/23/2014 6:20:47 PM PST by FAA
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To: VRWC For Truth
Or a 12 year old with a rubber mallet and a box of matches.

They can break anything.

/johnny

7 posted on 01/23/2014 6:21:44 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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>> Canada decided not to pursue the ship, declaring that it — no longer poses a threat to [Canada]

Funny.


8 posted on 01/23/2014 6:21:46 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: VRWC For Truth; Anoreth

Anoreth on a 50 cal...


9 posted on 01/23/2014 6:21:56 PM PST by null and void (We need to shake this snowglobe up.)
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To: Lorianne
Most famous ghost ship:

The Amazon, later the Mary Celeste, was said to be cursed.

10 posted on 01/23/2014 6:22:57 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: Lorianne
Just to be safe, I think the entire island of Great Britain should be evacuated. This "ghost ship" laden with cannibal rats poses a clear and present danger to the U.K.

France will provide temporary living quarters for all until the danger passes.

11 posted on 01/23/2014 6:24:10 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: Lorianne

If they were smart which they are not they should announce a free vacation trip to mecca, all aboard !


12 posted on 01/23/2014 6:24:38 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Lorianne

“A ghost ship filled with cannibal rats”

How did democrats get on that ship?


13 posted on 01/23/2014 6:27:32 PM PST by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS! BETTER DEAD THAN RED!)
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To: muir_redwoods; Kenny Bunk; Travis McGee
1. There's no reason to use the word "ergo," ever. 2. All rats are "cannibal rats." 3. It is true that there are all sorts of mysterious things floating around in the sea, and some of them are ships... But only once have I seen a "ship without lights" or "ghost ship," and it was probably not a modern Marie Celeste. But who knows? The vessel in question lay no more than 80 miles East of Norfolk, and was seen at night, on a moonless night. It was not underway, and it may have been at anchor, but it showed no shapes nor lights. In fact we came upon it fast and it was very scary. Probably military, yes... Probably watching us, yes... But spooky as heck when it looks like a big black cliff coming up on you!
14 posted on 01/23/2014 6:28:24 PM PST by golux
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To: Lorianne

As long as it’s not carrying coffins with dirt from Transylvania....


15 posted on 01/23/2014 6:28:27 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Lorianne

16 posted on 01/23/2014 6:28:33 PM PST by CapnJack
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To: Lorianne

Oh, Rats!


17 posted on 01/23/2014 6:30:53 PM PST by miserare (2014--The Year We Fight Back!)
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To: golux
'1. There's no reason to use the word "ergo," ever."

You just did; ergo, there is.

18 posted on 01/23/2014 6:34:57 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Lorianne

That reminds me of the movie Ghost Ship =)


19 posted on 01/23/2014 6:38:29 PM PST by Patriot Babe
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To: Lorianne

I’ll wait for the movie.


20 posted on 01/23/2014 6:38:35 PM PST by SIDENET
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