SS Imo[1] was a merchant steamship that was built in 1889 to carry livestock and passengers, and converted in 1912 into a whaling factory ship. She was built as Runic, renamed Tampican in 1895, Imo in 1912 and Guvernøren (The Governor) in 1920.

On the morning of 6 December 1917, the French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mont-Blanc, laden with high explosives, caught fire and exploded, devastating the Richmond district of Halifax.

Dec 1, 2021 · The Norwegian ship SS Imo is run up against the Dartmouth shore by the tsunami generated by the explosion. Halifax residents dig through rubble five days after the explosion. Residents walk through a section of Halifax completely flattened by the blast.

SS Imo was a merchant steamship that was built in 1889 to carry livestock and passengers, and converted in 1912 into a whaling factory ship. She was built as Runic, renamed Tampican in 1895, Imo in 1912 and Guvernøren (The Governor) in 1920. Quick Facts History, General characteristics ...

One hundred years ago, on December 6 at 9:04 am, an accidental collision between the SS Imo (Norway) and the SS Mont Blanc (France) detonated in the Halifax Harbour, resulting in the world’s largest man-made, non-nuclear explosion.

SS Imo[1] was a steamship that served in passenger and freight trades and later as a whaling supply ship. Christened SS Runic, she was bought, sold and renamed numerous times during her career. In 1917, Imo was under Norwegian registry chartered by the Belgian Relief Commission to …

Dec 8, 2017 · The Halifax Explosion was a marine disaster that occurred on December 6, 1917, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The tragedy happened when a French cargo vessel, known as the SS Mont-Blanc, carrying highly explosive cargo collided with a Norwegian ship, the SS Imo, in the Narrows, a channel connecting the Bedford Basin to Halifax Harbour.

Jan 7, 2013 · Steaming outbound, the SS Imo collided with the Mont-Blanc. Sparks set the French ship on fire and the ship erupted into the largest explosion yet created by man. Blast pressure leveled every structure within a mile and blew wreckage for tens of miles. Approximately 2,000 people were killed and over 9,000 injured.

May 10, 2022 · The Norwegian ship “SS Imo” arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, for inspection on 3 December, while en route from the Netherlands to New York. The ship was free to leave on 5 December, but its coal loading delayed and could not depart until the next morning.

Nov 23, 2023 · On December 6, 1917, the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, witnessed one of history’s most devastating maritime disasters: the Halifax Explosion. This catastrophic event was triggered by a collision in the harbor between the SS Mont-Blanc, carrying a cargo of wartime explosives, and the SS Imo, leading to an explosion of unprecedented scale.