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Which French cargo ship, laden with wartime explosives, collided with the SS Imo to cause the 1917 Halifax Explosion?

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Correct answer: SS Mont-Blanc

The French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc was packed with tons of wartime explosives when it collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in Halifax Harbour. The resulting blast was the largest man-made explosion before the atomic bomb. Surprisingly, the force of the detonation was so powerful that it launched one of the Mont-Blanc's anchor shafts over three kilometers across the city, where it remains today as a historical monument. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

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