This is the information page about the shipwreck London valour (stern section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 43 2 N,8 0 E (43.033333333333, 8)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: LONDON VALOUR (STERN SECTION)

Length 180.7 meter, width: 24.4 meter, draught: 12.8, tonnage 15875 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products,ore

Cause: 9.10.71 built in 1956 by furness shipbuilding co ltd. owned at time of loss by london & overseas freighters, ltd. on passage from novorossisk to genoa. dragged her anchor in a fierce gale while anchored off genoa, then struck a breakwater and sank. the stern section was raised on 9.10.71, and towed out to deep water. 5 days later, it was sunk 90m from genoa, between the italian mainland & corsica. the fore section was eventually broken up where it lay. 20 lives lost. declared a constructive total loss. (msd).

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 2500 meter

Known since: 1970, last detected: 1971

Details measurements/cartography: 24.6.70 VESSEL DRAGGED ANCHORS AND WRECKED ON BREAKWATER, GENOA. (LL 200). NCA. BOW SECTION IS WK [61818]. 13.10.71 STERN SECTION REFLOATED. (LL 206). NCA. 15.11.71 STERN SECTION SUNK IN 430200N, 080000E APPROX. (LL 206). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 43 2 N,8 0 E

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