A ghost ship carrying nothing but disease-ridden rats could be about to make land on Britain’s shore, experts have warned.
The Lyubov Orlova cruise liner has been drifting across the north
Atlantic for the better part of a year, and salvage hunters say there is
a strong chance it is heading this way.
Built in Yugoslavia in
1976, the unlucky vessel was abandoned in a Canadian harbour after its
owners were embroiled in a debt scandal and failed to pay the crew.
The
authorities in Newfoundland tried to sell the hull for scrap – valued
at £600,000 – to the Dominican Republic, but cut their losses when it
came loose in a storm on the way.
Sending the ship off into
international waters, Transport Canada said it was satisfied the Lyubov
Orlova “no longer poses a threat to the safety of [Canadian] offshore
oil installations, their personnel or the marine environment”.
Experts
say the ship, which is likely to still contain hundreds of rats that
have been eating each other to survive, must still be out there
somewhere because not all of its lifeboat emergency beacons have been
set off.
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