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The sunken hull of Curaca near Turple Head in Dartmouth
after the Halifax Explosion.
Today the Murray McKay bridge passes just to the north of this location.
| Name: Curaca | Official Number: 135178 | Signal Letters: JBKN |
| Tonnage: 6386 Gross, 6102 under deck, 4067 Net |
Dimensions: 403.0' long, 52.3' breadth, 26.8' deep |
| Built: Sunderland, Eng. | Builder: J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Year: 1912 |
| Registered Port: London, Great Britain | Owners: N.Y. & Pacific Steam Ship Co. Ltd. ("The Grace Line") |
| Engines: Steam. Quadruple Expansion Engine. Four Cylinders. Single Screw. |
Horsepower: 480 NHP |
| Crew: Captain E. Peck, 55 crew, 12 horsemen |
| Career: Curaca was tied up at Pier 8 loading horses to ship to Europe. This was only a few hundred feet from ground zero when the munitions ship Mont Blanc exploded. Curaca was torn from her moorings and driven across the harbour to sink in Tufts Cove in Dartmouth. At the time of the explosion between 7 or 8 crew were ashore and survived. Of the 46 other crew members who were aboard, only one survived. The vessel was later raised and put back into service under the same name. Due to the efforts of a grandson of one of the victims and a local historian, the names of the victims were added to the ship's monument located at Halifax's Fairview Cemetery in 2001. |
| Sources: Lloyd's Register 1916-1917; Janet Kitz, Shattered City; Chronicle Herald Dec. 6, 1967 Link to Webpage about Gravemarker: Nova Scotia Memorial Marker Database |
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