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Naval History Quiz

Novascotian said:
In the pre-Atomic era, what 325,000 ton ship was blown 1,000 feet into the air and was partially atomized?
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When you say ship are you referring to the noun described in the Merriam Webster dictionary et al? Are you saying 325,000 gross tonnage, which is dimensionless, or weight? (I thought the largest ship about 1945 was around 90,000 GT) Are you referring to pre-Atomic BOMB explosions (1945)? Are you talking about international feet, survey feet or something else? When you say air, do you mean up into the atmosphere from the ground? When you say partially atomized what percentage? When you say atomized do you mean broken into mist size particles, individual atoms, or parts of an atom including neutrons, electrons and protons? The term is often used just referring to tiny particles not atomic sizes.
Allan
 
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Was it the French vessel Mont-Blanc which collided with the Belgian Relief ship causing the great Halifax explosion on December 6, 1917? The Mont-Blanc was loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives destined for WW1 in Europe.
 
fourseas said:
Was it the French vessel Mont-Blanc which collided with the Belgian Relief ship causing the great Halifax explosion on December 6, 1917? The Mont-Blanc was loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives destined for WW1 in Europe.
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fourseas said:
Was it the French vessel Mont-Blanc which collided with the Belgian Relief ship causing the great Halifax explosion on December 6, 1917? The Mont-Blanc was loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives destined for WW1 in Europe.
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fourseas said:
Was it the French vessel Mont-Blanc which collided with the Belgian Relief ship causing the great Halifax explosion on December 6, 1917? The Mont-Blanc was loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives destined for WW1 in Europe.
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You are correct......her anchor was found three miles inland and one of her guns 2.5 miles away!
Sorry! 325tons, Yes, Altitude, From the surface, not ascertainable.
 
fourseas said:
Anyone interested in a truly remarkable and tragic story about the Halifax explosion can do a web search for it. There is a fascinating documentary about this event.\
Jim
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A very well written book on the Halifax Explosion is "The Curse of the Narrows". By the way, Halifax had another big munitions explosion, but inland, at the end of WW II.
 
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