SS Mont-Blanc
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ss-mont-blanc-300-14074190
title:
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, Canada laden 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 cargo of wet and dry 2,300 tons of picric acid, 500 tons of TNT, and 10 tons of g
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French cargo ship
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Mont-Blanc
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2024-03-20T12:40:23Z
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