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 1887
Died 1917
Royal Navy 222641 Able Seaman HMS Highflyer
Born 1882
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Engineer SS Curaca
Born 1877
Royal Navy Naval Cadet
Royal Navy Midshipman
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant
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Born 1875
Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain M.H.C.C.
Born 1884
Royal Navy 204847 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy 204847 Boy 1st Class HMS Lion
Royal Navy 204847 Ordinary Seaman HMS Niobe
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Born 1887
Royal Navy 231293 Boy 2nd Class HMS Pembroke I
Royal Navy 231293 Boy 1st Class HMS Northampton
Royal Navy 231293 Ordinary Seaman HMS Majestic
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Died 1917
Canadian Navy VR/5640 Able Seaman Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve H.M.C.S. "Niobe"
Born 1910
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion victim
Born 1896
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Horseman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)
Other Empire Force Horseman Mercantile Marine SS Curaca
Born 1882
Canadian Navy Royal Canadian Navy
Born 1909
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion victim
Born 1875
Died 1917
Canadian Navy ON/20416 Petty Officer 1st Class Royal Canadian Navy HMS Niobe
Born 1900
Died 1917
Other Empire Force 1481 Private Canadian Militia
Born 1890
Died 1917
Canadian Navy VR-274 Fireman
Canadian Navy VR-274 Able Seaman Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
Canadian Navy VR - 274 Able Seaman Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, HMCS Musquash
Born 1883
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 733874
Canadian Expeditionary Force 733874 Private Canadian Army
Born 1888
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine, SS Curaca
Born 1909
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian