The MV Lyubov Orlova was built to have a glittering future on the ocean waves - named after a movie star and travelling to some of the most stunning places on the planet.
But instead the liner met a grisly end and mystery still surrounds its final resting place.
Built in 1976, the MV Lyubov Orlova was an ice-strengthened cruise liner so it could be used for Antarctic cruises.
Several renovations followed after her initial launch, one in 1999 and an extensive revamp three years later.
In 2006 the MV Lyubov Orlova ran aground in Antarctica and had to be towed to safety.
Just four years later the ship was seized in St John's, New Foundland, Canada, due to debts of £200,000 and because some of the crew hadn't been paid in more than five months.
For two years the giant vessel lay rotting in the dock until itwas finally taken out of service and was bought so it could be broken up and its parts sold.
It was as the ship was being moved from its port in Canada to a new home in the Dominican Republic that the journey was hampered by problems and it became nothing but a floating derelict.
A tug boat, the Charlene Hunt, was used to tow the ailing boat but just a day into the journey, the line connecting the two vessels snapped.
Battling huge storms, the crew of the Charlene Hunt tried desperately to reconnect the two boats but the MV Lyubov Orlova continued to drift away from the little tug.
However, the massive liner now posed a risk to oil and gas drilling in the seas off the coast of Canada and had to somehow be brought under control to prevent a disaster.
An offshore supply ship, the Atlantic Hawk, belonging to Transport Canada, managed to regain control of the MV Lyubov Orlova and pull her away from danger.
But once she was in international waters, she was cut free as she remained the responsibility of her owners.
The former cruise ship was now devoid of crew and passengers - almost.
As it floated aimlessly across the world's seas, with no guidance or steering, a new kind of guest had taken up home on the huge ship, which had previously been able to cater for 100 passengers at a time.
The MV Lyubov Orlova was now believed to be home to a crew of vicious 'cannibal rats'.
One expert explained: "This ship is thought to have been taken over by hordes of cannibal rats. "I mean there's nothing else to eat.
"So imagine this giant ship full of these ravenous hordes of cannibal rats appearing on your local beach right where you live."
There were even rumours the ship was slowly making its way across the ocean and heading directly for Britain.
There were reports of a sighting of a ship matching th description of the 300ft vessel off the coast of Scotland in 2016.
The following year, a wreck was beached on the Californian coastline, which many feared was the MV Lyubov Orlova - but this has now been rubbished by experts.
And there have been several other reports of the vessel close to Britain's shores.
Back in 2013, the MV Lyubov Orlova was spotted 1,300 nautical miles off the coast of Ireland and then again later in the year, with a warning issued to smaller ships.
In March that year, an emergency signal from the boat was recorded 700 miles off the coast of Kerry, but was still clased as international waters.
There have been no reported sightings of the MV Lyubov Orlova for several years, with experts believing she - and her gruesome crew of cannibal rates - now lie at the bottom of the ocean.
However, what the missing ship has left in its wake is years of financial hardship for both her owners and those who crewed her.
Many of the men and women who worked on board have never been paid, even after being virtually stranded on the MV Lyubov Orlova while she was docked in St John's.
At times they had even had to rely on food parcels from locals just so they could eat.
And after she was abandoned by humans - the rats moved in as dank and dark pools of fetid water gathered throughout her.
They are said to have remained on board when the MV Lyubov Orlova began her final journey, where she drifted aimlessly across the seas with her macabre crew before sinking to the dark ocean floor.
