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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