Crucero lyubov orlova biography
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MV Lyubov Orlova
Yugoslav-built ice-strengthened cruise ship
Lyubov Orlova seen from Petermann Island. | |
| History | |
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| Owner | |
| Operator | Neptune International Shipping (2012–2013) |
| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Brodogradilište 'Titovo', Kraljevica, Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
| Yard number | 413 |
| Launched | 3 November 1975 |
| In service | 1976 |
| Out of service | February 2012, to be broken up[1] |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Believed to be sunken |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 4,251 GT |
| Length | 295 ft (90 m) |
| Beam | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Draught | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Ice class | L3 |
| Installed power | Diesel engines; 5,280 bhp (combined) |
| Propulsion | Two shafts |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Capacity | 110 passengers |
| Crew | 70 (maximum) |
MV Lyubov Orlova (built as Lyubovy Orlova)[2] was a Yugoslavia-buil
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The Lyubov Orlova : A ghost ship in north Atlantic : A new flying dutchman ?
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- Category: Major cases
- Created on 9 March 2013
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The maritime world is a fascinating world which provides us with unusual stories, that only the sea has the secret. But these stories can also say a lot about the world in which we live. Undeniably, the Lyubov Orlova story is one of them.
Her story is indeed not trivial since this ship has become a ghost ship, lost in the North Atlantic, sometimes spotted, sometimes lost ..... a sort of "flying dutchman" of the twentieth century and also becoming a caricature of excesses and abuses of the maritime world.
The history of the ship began nearly 40 years ago. Ship icebreaker of class mariya Yermolova designed for the Arctic and Antarctic cruises, it was built by the shipyard Brodogadimoste Titovo Kraljevica (now Croatia), on behalf of the Russian company Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO). It sails under the flag of Soviet an
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MV Lyubov Orlova: The 1400-tonne ghostship still unaccounted for
As the rising sun illuminated an endless grey void of North Atlantic waters, winter’s morning hue sketched the haunting outline of MV Lyubov Orlova.
Floating aimlessly and alone, weather-beaten and derelict, the Russian vessel had once been an ambient blend of popularity and success. Now, unmanned and neglected, the only motion that echoed between her empty cabins and dining room was a lonesome wind.
Once radiant with the smell of high-class cuisine and teeming with social life, the MV Lyubov Orlova had become tainted after months adrift. With each passing sunrise, the malodourous blanket of dampness and rust had spread further into her vital core. Her glory belonged to history.
There wasn’t a soul on board. No human presence had been recorded for over two years, but rats had reportedly made themselves at home; feasting on one another.
Along the bow, a ribbon of drip-stained letters showcased the ship’s id