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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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Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel 63rd Rgt Halifax Rifles
More about Clifford Aston Mumford -
Born 1862
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel 25th Battalion
More about George Augustus Lecain -
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
More about Horatio Harris Brannen -
Born 1888
Died 1917
Canadian Navy Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, H.M.C.S. Niobe
More about Freeman Burnley Nickerson -
Born 1878
Died 1936
Canadian Expeditionary Force 282064
More about Charles Augustus Duggan -
Born 1871
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Captain Halifax Fire Department
More about George Michael Maltus -
Born 1897
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion Victim
More about Charlotte Known As Lottie Burton Now Aarestrup -
Born 1880
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Halifax Explosion victim
More about Emeline Pickford Howley -
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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More about Edmund Loftus Crane -
Born 1880
Royal Navy 304323
Canadian Navy 304323 Master at Arms HMCS Niobe
Royal Navy RFR/B/2736 Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport
More about John Thomas Gammon -
Born 1887
Died 1936
Royal Navy Acting Paymaster
Canadian Navy Naval Secretary Royal Canadian Navy HQ, Ottawa, HMS Niobe
Royal Navy Paymaster Commander
More about James Rustat Hemsted -
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel 66th Princess Louise Fusiliers
More about Ralph Bernard Simmonds -
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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More about Frederick William Woodrow -
Born 1884
Died 1917
Royal Navy Naval Cadet
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant
Royal Navy Lieutenant
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More about Tom Kenneth A M Triggs