Dec. 6th, 2011

tvordlj: (Halifax)
Today is the anniversary of the Halifax Explosion in 1917. I thought I knew most of what there was to know but today in the newspaper there is an article about one of the ships, the Imo which was the one that ran into the Mont Blanc which  had all the explosives on board. You'd think the ship would have been blown to bits but apparently not. According to this, the Imo was blown ashore on the Dartmouth side of the harbour, damaged to be sure, but it was patched up, renamed as Guvernören (It was owned by a Norwegian company) and became a transport for whale oil for a few years. It was scuppered near the Falkland Islands in 1921. Seems like it remained a bad luck ship.

There are memorial services around the city today on the 94th anniversary. There's the official one at the main memorial on Fort Needham but also one at a nearby fire station and also there's one just around the corner from where I live. The anchor of one of the ships was found nearby.
Here's a few pictures of the official memorial and the view over the harbour, the view of the spot where the event actually happened.
memorial photos )

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