SS Mont-Blanc

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SS Mont-Blanc was a French cargo ship laden with explosives whose detonation in 1917 caused the catastrophic Halifax Explosion, one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
SS Mont-Blanc canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cargo ship ⓘ
steamship ⓘ
armamentStatus unarmed merchant vessel ⓘ
captain Aimé Le Medec ⓘ
cargo TNT ⓘ
benzol ⓘ
explosives ⓘ
guncotton ⓘ
picric acid ⓘ
causeOf Halifax Explosion ⓘ
causeOfDestruction massive explosion of cargo ⓘ
countryOfRegistry France ⓘ
crewComplement about 41 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1917-12-06 ⓘ
dateOfShipwreck 1917-12-06 ⓘ
destination Bordeaux ⓘ
event collision with SS Imo ⓘ
flag French flag ⓘ
linked to: French tricolour
historicalSignificance key vessel in one of Canada’s worst disasters ⓘ
legalAftermath subject of post-disaster inquiries ⓘ
locationOfEvent Narrows of Halifax Harbour ⓘ
linked to: Halifax Harbour
namedAfter Mont Blanc ⓘ
notableFor causing one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history ⓘ
central role in the 1917 Halifax Explosion ⓘ
operator Compagnie Générale Transatlantique ⓘ
ownedBy French government ⓘ
partOf World War I supply operations ⓘ
placeBuilt Middlesbrough ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfShipwreck Canada ⓘ
Halifax Harbour ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
portCall Halifax ⓘ
portOfDeparture New York City ⓘ
propulsion steam engine ⓘ
relatedEvent World War I ⓘ
relatedShip SS Imo ⓘ
resultOfExplosion complete destruction of the ship ⓘ
massive blast wave over Halifax ⓘ
tsunami in Halifax Harbour ⓘ
widespread fires in Halifax ⓘ
safetyCondition carrying highly volatile cargo ⓘ
status destroyed ⓘ
tonnage 3121 gross register tons ⓘ
typeOfCargoShip munitions transport ⓘ
yearBuilt 1899 ⓘ
yearOfLoss 1917 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Halifax Explosion → mainParticipant → SS Mont-Blanc ⓘ
SS Imo → collisionWith → SS Mont-Blanc ⓘ