SIR RAYLTON DIXON & COMPANY, MIDDLESBROUGH

Name MONT BLANC
Type Cargo
Yard Number 460
Launched 25/03/1899
Completed 06/1899
Off. Number
Engine builder North East Marine, Newcastle
Engine type T. 3 cyl.
GRT 3279
Length (feet) 320
Beam (feet) 44.8
First owner Soc. Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, Marseille
History 1906 E. Anquetil, Rouen
1915 Gaston Petit, Rouen
1915 Cie. Générale Transatlantique, St. Nazaire
   
Fate 06/12/1917 collided with Norwegian IMO in the Narrows, Halifax N.S., destroyed by an explosion of her cargo which included benzol, picric acid and TNT, destruction on shore caused the loss of approx. 1400 lives.

 

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