Russian ghost cruise ship which vanished in the mists off Newfoundland two months ago and has now reappeared half way across the Atlantic
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | February 23, 2013 9:46
When this empty Russian cruise ship disappeared into the mist en route to the Caribbean, it was thought the abandoned vessel could be lost to the ocean forever.
But after spending almost two months adrift the ghostly liner is reported to have re-emerged near Ireland’s west coast – thousands of miles from its intended destination.
The MV Lyubov Orlova – named after a famous Soviet actress – was being towed to the Dominican Republic to be scrapped when the cable pulling it snapped, leaving the Orlova to slip away as the crew on board the towing ship battled howling winds and 10ft waves to try in vain to reconnect the line.
The stranded liner, which had left Canadian shores on January 23, was later secured by the supply vessel Atlantic Hawk, but the ship drifted loose a second time, according to a report on the PhysOrg website.
Maritime authorities in Canada could not pinpoint the location of the ship, which has no warning lights and a broken global positioning system.
But now a U.S. intelligence agency has reported that the Orlova was sighted 1,300 nautical miles from Ireland’s west coast.
The empty liner is understood to be slowly drifting towards the European coastline.
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