1917 Halifax Explosion

The French cargo vessel SS Mont-Blanc, loaded with explosives, collided with the Norwegian SS Imo in the Narrows, the channel linking Bedford Basin to Halifax Harbour, when the Imo's bow struck the Mont-Blanc's hull. Fire took hold aboard the Mont-Blanc, the crew abandoned ship on the captain's order, and the cargo detonated at 9.04am with a force put at the equivalent of 2,989 tons of TNT, wrecking the Richmond District of the city. History Hit records more than 1,900 killed and 9,000 wounded in the wartime harbour.

Date
1917-12-06
Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)
1950
What the pin marks
Halifax, the city the blast struck, as the cited page positions it; the ship exploded in the Narrows of its harbour.
Where the position is published
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: ship explosion, munitions, wartime, canada, nova scotia

Coordinates: 44.6475, -63.59056

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