Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

Stern of Mont-Blanc before the explosion during a prewar visit to Halifax, Aug. 15, 1900.
Photo: Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, MP18.196.11, N-4,395

Name: Mont-Blanc Official Number: 173945 Signal Letters: KHTN

Tonnage: 3121 Gross, 2252 Net, 2691 underdeck
Dimensions: 320' long, 44.8' breadth, 15.3' deep
Forecastle 35', Bridge 76' Poop 30'

Built: Middlesboro, Britain Builder: Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd. Year: 1899

Registered Port: St-Nazaire, France Owners: Cie Generale Transatlantique

Engines: Steam, Triple expansion, Single screw
Horsepower: 247 NHP

Crew: Captain Aime Le Medec; Halifax Pilot: Francis Mackey

Career: Inbound to Bedford Basin from New York with munitions cargo to join convoy for Bordeaux. Rammed by SS Imo on starboard stem at 8:45 am. Captain and crew abandoned ship and all but one survived. Ship blew up and was totally destroyed at 9:05 am.

Sources: Lloyd's Register 1916-17; Halifax Explosion Inquiry; Ruffman, Alan Argonauta, Vol. XX, No. 3, July 2003, 9-15; No. 4, October 2003, 12-15; Vol. XXI, No. 1, January, 2004, 3.

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Registered Port: St-Nazaire, France	Owners: Cie Generale Transatlantique
Engines: Steam, Triple expansion, Single screw	Horsepower: 247 NHP
Crew: Captain Aime Le Medec; Halifax Pilot: Francis Mackey