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Tomorrow in Genoa will commemorate the sinking of the London Valour.
The Port Authority will hoist the flag of the British Merchant Navy on the flagpoles in front of its headquarters
April 8, 2020
On 9 April 1970, the London & Overseas Freighters was anchored just outside the port of Genoa, beyond the Duke of Galliera dam, when, in the first afternoon, with the wind rapidly passing from 28 to 45 knots, the weather conditions deteriorated sharply. Four of the five ships in the clear at that moment managed to take off, but the London Valour,failing to start the machines, began to scramble dangerously towards the dam. Bumping into the ship broke in two, pouring into the sea the fuel that enveloped the castaways who fell into the water making even more difficult to recover.
Despite the stormy sea, the Captaincy units Porto, pilots, the Finance Guard, the moorers and tugboats intervened without hesitation. The intervention rescuers, including the CP233 naval vessel Port Captain under the command of Giuseppe Telmon, the Aldo pilot Teti's whisker with their crews and helicopter Of the fire brigade's captain Rinaldo Enrico, despite the difficulties of the situation allowed it to be drawn into 38 people, but the tragic death toll was 20 dead and 14 wounded.
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On 9 April 1970, the London & Overseas Freighters was anchored just outside the port of Genoa, beyond the Duke of Galliera dam, when, in the first afternoon, with the wind rapidly passing from 28 to 45 knots, the weather conditions deteriorated sharply. Four of the five ships in the clear at that moment managed to take off, but the London Valour,failing to start the machines, began to scramble dangerously towards the dam. Bumping into the ship broke in two, pouring into the sea the fuel that enveloped the castaways who fell into the water making even more difficult to recover.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
