Video: 'Rat-infested' ghost ship Lyubov Orlova 'heading for Britain' The Lyubov Orlova is reportedly inhabitated only by cannibal rats and could be heading for British shores, according to the Sun. The deserted Mariya Yermolova-class cruise ship was being transported from Canada to the Dominican Republic to be scrapped in January last year when a tow cable broke, leaving her adrift in the Atlantic Ocean. With no crew, warning lights, or functioning global positioning system, the untrackable ship has floated aimlessly ever since. It is now feared that high winds have blown the liner onto a course with Britain. The west coasts of Ireland and Scotland or the southern tip of England are thought the likely locations for impact, if the "ghost ship" does indeed make landfall.