Write that in California found the Soviet ship-the Ghost rat cannibal. Nothing of the sort!

The evening of 19 November, the Russian journalists have told that off the coast of California found the wreckage of the missing Soviet cruise ship "Lyubov Orlova". Some publications wrote headlines about the discovery of the ship without any reservations, while others pointed out that the source of this information — the British tabloids.

All the Russian media referred to the tabloid The Daily Mirror or other British Newspapers, which printed out a note. Title The Daily Mirror: "the Wreckage, thrown up on the beach may belong to the notorious "Ghost ship" carrying hundreds of rats cannibals on Board".

The paper itself used the information channel Science Channel where they showed the episode of the documentary series with a story about "Lyubov Orlova". At the same time there was reported that in fact the wreckage in California do not belong to the Soviet ship, and the us. The episode is even called "the Ghost Ship of the mafia". In 1937 to the beach from San Diego nailed a converted tanker casinos "Monte Carlo", which had anchored in international waters — not subject to American laws; that is about it has been known for decades.

In the documentary also directly reported (this is in the paper, The Daily Mirror) that the case on the beaches in California are made of concrete, whereas the case of "Lyubov Orlova" was made of steel.

Soviet ship "Lyubov Orlova" was built in 1976. Originally it belonged to far East sea shipping company, in further to private companies, who used it for cruises to Antarctica. In 2013, the ship in tow was sent from the canadian port of St. John's to the Dominican Republic, where he was to be disposed of.

Along the way it abandoned the tug, and the sailors in the storm failed to re-take it in tow. Subsequently, the canadian ship still managed to attach "Love Orlova", but as soon as it was in international waters, the former Soviet ship was released in the drift.

In 2014, British tabloids reported that the ship, "rat-infested cannibals" (because most of them have nothing to eat), heading for Irish shores. About rats the press reported the words of one person, which is just assumed. Confirm or deny this information could not, because no one climbed aboard the "Lyubov Orlova". Where is the ship now unknown. Perhaps it sank in 1300 kilometers from the coast of Ireland.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»