SS Imo
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SS Imo was a merchant steamship that was built in 1889 to carry livestock and passengers, and converted in 1912 into a whaling factory ship. She was built as Runic, renamed Tampican in 1895, Imo in 19
SS Imo 1915
Imo beached at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia after the Halifax Explosion, 1917. The panel painted on her side denotes her participation in Belgian Relief.
The aftermath of the collision
Halifax Explosion
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On the morning of 6 December 1917, the French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc and the Norwegian vessel SS Imo collided in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Laden with high explosives, Mont-Blanc c
SS Imo
…Harbour with the French cargo ship Mont-Blanc, which was carrying munitions. The resultant fire aboard Mont Blanc caused the historic and catastrophic Halifax Explosion, which levelled the Richmond District in the North End of the city. Although Imo's superstructure was severely damaged by the blast, the ship was…
Looking north from a grain elevator towards Acadia Sugar Refinery, c. 1900, showing the area later devastated by the 1917 explosion
Blast cloud of the explosion
A view across the devastation of Halifax two days after the explosion, looking toward the Dartmouth side of the harbour: Imo is visible aground on the far side of the harbour.