interestrateripoff Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-25863916 Coastguards have not made any sightings of an abandoned vessel dubbed a 'rat-infested ghost ship'.The Russian-registered cruise ship Lyubov Orlova was cut adrift while being towed from Canada almost a year ago amid problems having it scrapped. According to newspaper reports, experts believe winter storms may have driven the boat towards Ireland, Scotland or England. You would have thought ships of this size would have tracking beacons installed. I'm guessing this will have sunk by now surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 You would have thought ships of this size would have tracking beacons installed. Perhaps it had been stripped of everything before being towed to be scrapped. I'm guessing this will have sunk by now surely? If it hasn't actually hit anything I'm not so sure. If most of it is sealed and compartmentalised would it stay afloat even if it was rolled over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappycocco Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 The gay thing, the two toilets together (probably for disabled), the ghost ship thing - this is all the negative propaganda I've noticed so far, do people even take notice of the news any more. What is the reason they're trying to make us hate the russians for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-25863916 You would have thought ships of this size would have tracking beacons installed. I'm guessing this will have sunk by now surely? I'm disappointed. You missed the possibility of increased hyperbole. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2544444/Russian-ghost-ship-infested-CANNIBAL-RATS-beach-Britain-going-missing-Atlantic.html Apparently these rats are disease ridden cannibal rats. Maybe they can also cause low house prices and hate pensioners, fluffy pets and children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Disease-ridden cannibal rats? Sounds perfect, just the sort of thing I need to fill the lower dungeons with when I make my change of career to Evil Overlord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I'm disappointed. You missed the possibility of increased hyperbole. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2544444/Russian-ghost-ship-infested-CANNIBAL-RATS-beach-Britain-going-missing-Atlantic.html Apparently these rats are disease ridden cannibal rats. Maybe they can also cause low house prices and hate pensioners, fluffy pets and children. Nearly Mr Slug, there are in fact: A ghost ship infested with hundreds of cannibalistic rats may end up beaching on Britain's coastline, experts have warned. Or worse: Searchers say there are likely to be hundreds, if not thousands, of disease-ridden rats on board with no source of food except each other. Or there may be none as all the food (including other rats) has now been eaten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestrateripoff Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 I'm disappointed. You missed the possibility of increased hyperbole. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2544444/Russian-ghost-ship-infested-CANNIBAL-RATS-beach-Britain-going-missing-Atlantic.html Apparently these rats are disease ridden cannibal rats. Maybe they can also cause low house prices and hate pensioners, fluffy pets and children. Could be worse, could be zombie cannibal rats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libspero Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 You would have thought ships of this size would have tracking beacons installed. Most of them do and can be tracked in real time. Linky (Just zoom in on the map where you wish and when you get close enough you will see the large ships in the area. English channel is a good start.. click on a vessel for more info) I guess if it was being towed it didn't need one, or if it did it was disposed of before they slipped the painter/ tow-line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I guess if it was being towed it didn't need one, or if it did it was disposed of before they slipped the painter/ tow-line. Might be a power/battery issue, if it's not under its own power (i.e. being towed) then it presumably it'd have a battery back up but only for a limited period, since the ship's engines haven't been run in > 2 years one guesses that these have failed. Apparently a signal was received from the emergency beacon, which activates when exposed to water, which suggests that it may have sunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobloblob Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Nearly Mr Slug, there are in fact: Or worse: Or there may be none as all the food (including other rats) has now been eaten. In an isolated environment, could the rats not recycle 100% of their nutritional value into their future generations? They are scary Russian rats after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Might be a power/battery issue, if it's not under its own power (i.e. being towed) then it presumably it'd have a battery back up but only for a limited period, since the ship's engines haven't been run in > 2 years one guesses that these have failed. Apparently a signal was received from the emergency beacon, which activates when exposed to water, which suggests that it may have sunk. Maybe the rats ate the batteries, turning them into hyper powered super rats capable of consuming lead, plastic and battery acid. What amazes me more is how these super intelligent doomsday rats managed to pilot this boat all the way across the Atlantic. Surely if this is possible then why do people bother paying sailors ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 These rats, are they eligible for help to buy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 In an isolated environment, could the rats not recycle 100% of their nutritional value into their future generations? They are scary Russian rats after all. Maybe they could have evolved. Ratticus sapiens could be landing on our shores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GloomMonger Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Might be a power/battery issue, if it's not under its own power (i.e. being towed) then it presumably it'd have a battery back up but only for a limited period, since the ship's engines haven't been run in > 2 years one guesses that these have failed. Apparently a signal was received from the emergency beacon, which activates when exposed to water, which suggests that it may have sunk. The emergency beacons are attached to the lifeboats, 2 signals have been picked up but there should be more if the vessel had sunk. It's amazing it hasn't been spotted by another ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkins Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I doubt the rats are going to have very many diseases if they're a small population which has been isolated for a while. Most of the diseases they were carrying to start with will have spread through the population, killed some and left the rest immune. You need quite big populations to keep most pathogens alive. These rats might end up being less diseased than the native ones they meet on the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 These rats, are they eligible for help to buy? Why would they want to be ? They have their own floating palace that can go anywhere in the world. Hell, they're better housed than I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail the Tripod Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Hell, they're better housed than I am. An steel prison that has, or is likely to sink, sharing with hundreds if not thousands of diseased cannibals. And you think your situation is worse? Are you in a house share with Piers Morgan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erat_forte Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 This is a clever analogy for the current state of the UK but they could have embroidered more detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ayatollah Buggeri Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 What I find worrying about this story is that the Canadians simply towed this thing out of their territorial waters and then dumped it in the ocean. Why is Greenpeace not screaming blue murder about this? How much has the Canadian government paid them off? When the French were having problems finding someone who'd be willing to scrap the Georges Clemenceau, environmentalists were mieowing and hissing like crazy, and when Able UK took the job on (despite the fact that they are internationally recognised experts in scrapping ships containing dangerous waste safely), they were lobbying the British government to block the contract. Presumably they just wanted it broken up on the beach in Alang... This incident appears to be even worse. At least the French were trying to get rid of their ship responsibly, and were willing to pay what it cost to do so. The Canadians just dumped this unwanted, 1970s Soviet-built ship (and thus probably full of asbestos and other nasty stuff) in the middle of the Atlantic, leaving whatever country it ends up in to deal with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Has anyone got a boat ? We could get a HPC team together and go out into the Atlantic and find this thing. It must be worth millions. We can board it, and go into the hold, looking round with flashlights and stuff, like the X Files. DTMark knows what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Has anyone got a boat ? We could get a HPC team together and go out into the Atlantic and find this thing. It must be worth millions. We can board it, and go into the hold, looking round with flashlights and stuff, like the X Files. DTMark knows what to do. Haven't those starving rats got enough problems already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Lyubov was quite a looker in her day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkman Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I wonder when rats leave a sinking ship are they really good swimmers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okaycuckoo Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 The gay thing, the two toilets together (probably for disabled), the ghost ship thing - this is all the negative propaganda I've noticed so far, do people even take notice of the news any more. What is the reason they're trying to make us hate the russians for? The comics are fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worzel Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Most of them do and can be tracked in real time. Linky (Just zoom in on the map where you wish and when you get close enough you will see the large ships in the area. English channel is a good start.. click on a vessel for more info) I guess if it was being towed it didn't need one, or if it did it was disposed of before they slipped the painter/ tow-line. Fascinating website, seeing where all those ships are going and what they look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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