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This is the Russian cruise ship MV Lyubov Orlova. It disappeared shortly after it left Canada en route to the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Two months later it has reappeared as a ghost ship, completely empty, floating adrift 2,400 kilometres off the west coast of Ireland.
The Orlova—named after a famous Soviet actress—had been abandoned for two years before getting lost at sea. The ship disappeared in the mist whilst being towed to the Caribbean Sea for scrapping. Apparently, the cable that linked her to the towing ship snapped.
Nobody knows how the towing ship’s crew didn’t notice their missing companion, but everyone assumed the Russian vessel was lost seemingly forever in the North Atlantic ocean, as its global positioning system stopped working. The Canadian authorities admitted that they had no clue about the ship’s whereabouts, claiming it wasn’t their responsibility anymore.
The Orlova was spotted by the Atlantic Hawk, a supply craft used to ferry materials to and from oil platforms. The Atlantic Hawk was able to intercept and secure the Orlova before it disappeared again. On board the ghost ship there was nothing but rust and rats.
The information has been published by the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, an organisation that creates classified maps for the United States military as well as maps for civil use. According to the agency, the ship was about 1,300 nautical miles away from Ireland.
The Orlova is now slowly en course to Europe. [Daily Memorandum via US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency via Physorg]
Someone should get some nice scrap value out of it as it’s salvage.
Not really a ghost ship Mr Diaz less there being no crew initially. More along lines of lost baggage at Heathrow.
Aye, I really thought this to be one of those Bermuda triangle incidents
Mr. Diaz cheap sensationalism doesn’t belong on GizUK. Maybe in ‘Merica…
Cheers for the annoying intro… Your first paragraph implies there were people on the ship that aren’t there now… Not till the second paragraph did i realize it was completely empty and i was wasting my time reading an article about a tow rope snapping.
You missed a good’un in the third paragraph then – “its global positioning system stopped to work”.
But yeah, also similarly annoyed at the misleading first paragraph.
that was my thought too. Nice bit of tabloid headlining.
Also not really a mysterious appearence when it’s clearly just floated with the currents from canada to ireland, thats what a lot of stuff in the north atlantic does.
True. Jesus, Diaz! Get a grip will ya?
Clearly the work of aliens here!
If you say ghost ship, this is what I presume happened: http://youtu.be/bqlnnh6KeDc
Wow…. just… wow… I really wish GizUS would fire this hacky excuse for a writer.
But.. but.. he brings us amazing photographs though
What annoys me is that he suckers me in every damn time. I read the title and thing ‘ooh!’ then open it, realise it’s Jesus and just sigh.
And thus, rightfully his nick name appears to be JESUS! Diaz.
Least he got that right
It’s his name, except it’s pronounced more like ‘heysoos’.
Really? I thought it to be his pseudo name. My real name is B.A. Baracus. B.A. stands for Bad Ass by the way.
Yeah, I get it.
It’s ‘Bad Attitude’, though
he he, old age dementia must be hitting Mr T really hard
Not Featured: Pro Photoshop Skillz
Just joining the chorus here.
Misleading Headline and first paragraph. The story is interesting enough without being “sexed up”. also the “stopped to work” line shows poor quality poorf roading.
Another excellent Gizmodo, a tow rope snapped on a ship being taken to be scrapped, quick hold the front page . . .
“as its global positioning system stopped to work.”
Dafuq?
I think it’s GPS jumped ship and went to look for a real job. Working for Apple Maps.
its*
Apple must be getting sued by them now, being said that, Apple might, just might pull a patent card on ships design to stop this and make a U-turn?
Talk about ‘Bait and Switch’. I’ve never been one to jump aboard accusing Giz of just wanting clicks… but that opening paragraph displayed on the front page, pre-click, is deliberately misleading, No?
Myself, I prefer this extract from the log, what a fine name for a seafaring vessel:
HYDROLANT 478/2013(25).
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM VESSEL PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON
IN 17-00N 062-02W AT 210220Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC FORT DE FRANCE, TELEX: 42912008,
INMARSAT-C: 422799024, PHONE: 59 659 670 9292,
FAX: 59 659 663 2450, E-MAIL: ANTILLES@MRCCFR.EU.
Damn. I thought I had trademarked that name for my firstborn…
You wanted your firstborn’s name to be Puff….
Either he will be a rapper of severely bullied!
I was going for the full ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’. Who’d bully a guy called ‘Dragon’?
Some bastard, presumably called George
Is there a way to stop seeing any and all of this guy’s posts?
close your eyes for the rest of your existence?
Overkill, probably, yet undoubtedly effective!
This made me immediately think of this terrible/enoyable movie:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_%281999_film%29
I hate it when things ‘stop to work’…
“The Atlantic Hawk was able to intercept and secure the Orlova before it disappeared again”
- Just what do they mean by the word ‘secure’ then?