The dangerous harbour : revealing the unknown ships and wrecks of the Halifax Explosion /

The dangerous harbour : revealing the unknown ships and wrecks of the Halifax Explosion /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chaulk, Bob (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing Limited, [2023]
Subjects:
1917
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917.
Shipwrecks > Nova Scotia > Halifax.
Explosion de Halifax, Halifax, N.-É., 1917.
Naufrages > Nouvelle-Écosse > Halifax.
Shipwrecks
Nova Scotia > Halifax
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Epigraph
  • Introduction
  • A Note about Tonnage for Ships
  • A Note about Measurement Systems
  • Chapter 1: Kjipuktuk, The Great Harbour
  • The Waterway Named Halifax Harbour
  • Entering the Harbour
  • The Inner Harbour
  • The Narrows
  • The Northwest Arm
  • Eastern Passage
  • Halifax waterfront in 1917 and today, north to south
  • Chapter 2: Canada's Naval Woes
  • A New Warship Arrives
  • Mastery of the Atlantic
  • Canada's Undeclared War
  • Striving for Naval Proficiency
  • Canada's Ships of War
  • Chapter 3: The Stressed Harbour
  • SS Imo
  • SS Mont Blanc
  • HMCS Acadia
  • Imo Departs
  • SS Stella Maris
  • Chapter 4: "Looks Like Some Trouble Coming There"
  • Handling a Ship
  • The Standoff
  • The Collision
  • Ignition
  • Chapter 5: The Harbour's Worst Day
  • Discharge
  • The Mont Blanc's Final Indignity
  • The Wave
  • The Admiral's Tour
  • It Gets Worse
  • Chapter 6: The Scorching Breath of the Dragon
  • Mont Blanc Rains Down
  • Oh, for a Hero!
  • St. Bernard Disappears
  • Stella Maris Endures
  • Highflyer's Whaler Sinks
  • Niobe's Steam Pinnace Goes to the Bottom
  • Picton and the Tugs
  • Musquash Ditches its Ammo
  • Douglas H. Thomas, a Derelict
  • More Repairs for Middleham Castle
  • J. A. McKee
  • Ragus
  • Chapter 7: The Destruction Zone
  • Imo is Flung Ashore
  • Niobe 's Final Pounding
  • Hovland Rises and Falls Again
  • Hilford High and Dry
  • Sambro Sinks Three Times
  • Changuinola and Highflyer
  • Something New for Old Colony
  • The Horse Boats
  • Chapter 8: The Real Death Ship
  • Record Deaths
  • Contradictory Records
  • Chapter 9: Ships of Halifax
  • Ships that Delivered Things
  • Ships that Carried and Delivered People
  • Ships that Pushed, Pulled, and Towed
  • Ships that Faced the Enemy
  • Ships that Harvested the Sea
  • Fishing and Freighting Schooners and other Sailing Ships that Experienced the Explosion Inside the Gates
  • Chapter 10: The Aftermath
  • The First Minutes and Hours
  • The Americans
  • Newspaper Coverage
  • Resurrection
  • Ships of the December 11, 1917, Convoy
  • Rebuilding
  • From Ship Repairer to Shipbuilder: The Halifax Graving Dock Company
  • Chapter 11: Finding Someone to Blame
  • Inquiry
  • The Men Who Moved the Ships
  • Conflict between the Pilots and the Navy
  • Chapter 12: Getting to the Bottom of the Story
  • The View from Below
  • Cold, Dark, and Chaotic
  • The Harbour Bottom Today
  • The Hated Silt
  • The Legendary Crater
  • A Chunk of the Mont Blanc
  • Dredge Spoils
  • Wrecks
  • St. Bernard Anchor
  • Curaca Anchor
  • Ordnance
  • Chapter 13: The Dangerous City
  • The Road to Disaster
  • Chapter 14: Moving On
  • The Pilots
  • The Naval Shuffle
  • Courage, Heroes, and Medals
  • Borrowed Ships Get Returned
  • Appendix A: Letters from Chief Examining Officer to Captain Superintendent, HMC Dockyard
  • Appendix B: Ships in or Near Halifax Harbour December 6, 1917
  • Steamships that Arrived on December 6, after the Explosion