Drifting Russian ship may have sunk 700 miles off coast

A Russian ship which has been drifting across the Atlantic towards Ireland since Jan 24 is believed to have sunk 700 nautical miles off the west coast.

The MV Lyubov Orlova, which had been seized by Canadian authorities in 2010 as part of a lawsuit, was being towed from Canada to a scrap yard in the Dominican Republic when the tow cable snapped.

The ship then began drifting toward an offshore oil patch and a recovery vessel was sent to divert it away from that location.