This month Halifax marked the 107th anniversary ... colliding with an empty ship, the Imo. The Mont-Blanc was torn asunder amid the explosion and its fragments scattered around the city.

The Halifax Explosion and the Persecution of Pilot Francis Mackey” — was tasked with guiding the Mont-Blanc into the harbor, and, miraculously, he survived the blast. Facing the devastation ...

The Halifax explosion on December 6 ... was leaving the Halifax harbour carrying much-needed war supplies. The Mont-Blanc, a French vessel was approaching from the opposite direction.

This happened not in 1945 but in 1917—in Halifax, N.S. It was the largest man-made explosion before Hiroshima. The French freighter Mont Blanc, en route from New York to Bordeaux, entered the ...

two ships carrying war supplies collided in Halifax harbour. One ship, the Mont-Blanc, caught fire and ignited 3,000 tonnes of munitions and explosives in its hold. The explosion killed 2,000 ...