What the records say
- When
- 6 Dec 1917
- Kind
- Explosion
- Coordinates
- 44.67° N, 63.60° W
- Description
- 1917 maritime disaster in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Deaths
- 2000
- Injured
- 9000
- Cause
- ship collision, detonation
Halifax Explosion
1917 maritime disaster in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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 caught fire and detonated, devastating the Richmond district of Halifax.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Halifax Explosion: Two freighters collide in Halifax Harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and cause a huge explosion that kills at least 1,963 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “explosion de Halifax”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page