Category: Halifax Explosion

• At 9:05 a.m., in Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia, Canada, the Most Destructive Man-Made Explosion in the Pre-Atomic Age Ensued When the Mont Blanc, a French Munitions Ship, Exploded 20 Minutes After Striking Another Vessel. December 6, 1917.

  Image: SS Imo aground on the Dartmouth side of the harbour after the explosion. (Public Domain). On this day in history, December 6, 1917, at 9:05 a.m., in Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia, Canada, the most destructive man-made explosion in the pre-atomic age ensued when the Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, exploded 20 minutes after striking…

  December 6, 2023

  1910s, Canada, Halifax Explosion, History Daily, Imo, Mont Blanc, Nova Scotia, World War I

  1910s, Canada, Halifax Explosion, Imo, Mont Blanc, Nova Scotia, World War I