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His decision (27 April 1918) found Mont-Blanc entirely at fault. [130] Subsequent appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada (19 May 1919), and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London (22 March 1920), determined Mont-Blanc and Imo were equally to blame for navigational errors that led to the collision.
The Halifax Explosion was a maritime disaster in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on the morning of 6 December 1917. SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship laden with high explosives bound for Bordeaux, France, collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the Narrows, at the north-west tip of Halifax Harbour. When a fire on board the French ship ...
Mont-Blanc was built to the same set of plans used to build the New Zealand steamship SS Whangape, a sister ship launched a few months after Mont-Blanc. [2] The SGTM registered Mont-Blanc at Marseille. [3] Her code letters were KHTN. [4] She was launched on 25 March 1899 and completed that June. Mont-Blanc was a tramp steamer.
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 repaired and returned to service in 1918.
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Imo Norway: 6 December 1917 Halifax Explosion: The cargo ship collided with Mont-Blanc ( France) at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mont-Blanc caught fire and was obliterated in a massive explosion that killed approximately 2,000 people and drove Imo ashore. Imo subsequently was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. USS Ingraham United States Navy
Just after 0800, on 6 December, the old French Line freighter SS Mont-Blanc, carrying a full cargo of bulk explosives, collided with the Norwegian steamship SS Imo in the Narrows of Halifax Harbor. Mont-Blanc caught fire and exploded at 0905 in a blast that leveled the Richmond District in the North End of the city.
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