SS Mont-Blanc
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SS Mont-Blanc was a cargo steamship that was built in Middlesbrough, England, in 1899 for a French shipping company. On Thursday morning, December 6, 1917, she entered Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia,
The aftermath of the collision
SS Imo aground on the Dartmouth side of the harbour after the explosion
Mont Blanc Anchor Site 1
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 Mont-Blanc
…with a full cargo of highly volatile explosives. As she made her way through the Narrows towards Bedford Basin, she was involved in a collision with Imo, a Norwegian ship. A fire aboard the ship ignited her wet and dry cargo - 2,300 tons of picric acid, 500 tons of TNT, and 10 tons of guncotton. The…
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.