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Halifax Explosion, Dec 6, 1917 - Remembrance from a variety of resources
Halifax Explosion, Dec 6, 1917 - Remembrance from a variety of resources
The initial resource used for this community was the Remembrance Book, the official register of Explosion fatalities.When the register was closed in December 1918, it contained 1,631 entries. Full details of the fire and explosion aboard munition ship, Mont Blanc are at https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/halifax-explosion/halifax-explosion-infosheet. Mont-Blanc with her cargo of high explosives was en route from New York via Halifax to Bordeaux, France. She collided at low speed with the unladen Imo, chartered to pick up a cargo of relief supplies in New York. The resulting fire aboard the French ship rapidly became out of control. Approximately 20 minutes later the Mont-Blanc exploded. The blast was the largest man-made explosion prior to the development of nuclear weapons, releasing the equivalent energy of roughly 2.9 kilotons of TNT. The community also remembers the highly disciplined members of C.E.F. and others who were instrumental in coordinating relief efforts. The crew of HMCS Niobe, a Canadian Navy Depot ship made a valiant and tragic effort to avert the tragedy and men with a link to the ship and its history are also remembered. Additional web resources at http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_NIOBE.htm. https://legionmagazine.com/features/halifax-explosion/index.html
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Born 1912
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion victim
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Born 1908
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion Victim
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Born 1896
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Horseman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)
Other Empire Force Horseman Mercantile Marine SS Curaca
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Born 1913
Died 1963
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax explosion
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Born 1891
Royal Navy J2460 Leading Seaman
Royal Navy J2460 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II
Royal Navy J2460 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II
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Born 1883
Royal Navy 209713 Boy 2nd Class HMS Northampton
Royal Navy 209713 Boy 1st Class HMS Curaçao
Royal Navy 209713 Ordinary Seaman HMS Niobe
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Born 1898
Died 1917
Other Empire Force 1046 Private Royal Canadian Regiment
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Born 1890
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1894
Died 1917
Royal Navy Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges
British Army L29784 Private Royal Field Artillery 178th (Howitzer) Brigade
Other Empire Force SS Curaca
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Born 1910
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion victim
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Born 1889
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1882
Canadian Navy Royal Canadian Navy
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Born 1887
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Died 1917
Canadian Navy VR/5640 Able Seaman Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve H.M.C.S. "Niobe"
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Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel 66th Princess Louise Fusiliers
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Born 1872
Died 1917
Other Empire Force OFF VR-10 Captain Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)
Other Empire Force OFF VR-10 Captain Mercantile Marine SS Stella Maris
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Born 1888
Died 1917
Canadian Navy Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, H.M.C.S. Niobe
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