Abandoned Russian Cruise Ship Drifting

The Lyubov Orlova a 328-foot-long 100 meters vessel named after a Russian screen siren from the 1930s was built in 1976 and chartered for expeditions to polar waters.

Abandoned russian cruise ship drifting. The abandoned russian cruise ship thats roaming international waters spooky legends about mysterious vessels that roam the seas with no one aboard have been told and retold by sailors. Decommissioning was fraught with problems and the ship eventually became a floating derelict in the North Atlantic Ocean in. A Russian cruise ship has been adrift in the North Atlantic since January 2013 after breaking free from a towing line as it was being delivered from Canada to a scrapyard in the Dominican Republic.

The ship had been a Yugoslav ice-strengthened Maria Yermolova class cruise ship used mainly for Antarctic tours. Battling huge storms the crew of the Charlene Hunt tried desperately to reconnect the two boats but the MV Lyubov Orlova continued to drift away from the little tug. It escaped and drifted into international waters.

After months of drifting across the North Atlantic a luckless abandoned cruise ship spotted drifting off the coast of Ireland may have finally sunk beneath the waves. After months of drifting across the North Atlantic a luckless abandoned cruise ship spotted drifting off the coast of Ireland may have finally sunk beneath the waves. No one knows exactly how many ships are floating on the high seas or how many are just below the surface.

The abandoned Russian Lyubov Orlova cruise ship drifts unmanned in the North Atlantic. Abandoned and drifting Russian cruise ship the Lyubov Orlova has been spotted again off Irelands western coast. The Lyubov Orlova a 328-foot-long 100 meters vessel named after a Russian screen siren from the 1930s was built in 1976 and chartered for expeditions to polar waters.

Johns Newfoundland Canada for two years. After being taken out of service in 2010 she sat in St. AFP - A Russian cruise ship abandoned and adrift in the North Atlantic has been located about 2400 kilometers off the west coast of Ireland according to a US intelligence agency.

The vessel has no crew or warning lights and has been aimlessly drifting for. With no crew or warning lights the ship Lyubov Orlova has been adrift for two months and maritime authorities had been uncertain of its precise location. This ship could have drifted anywhere from the Norwegian Arctic to western Africa.