Abstract
The largest man-made explosion prior to the nuclear bomb occurred during World War I in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada when a ship loaded with war munitions collided with another ship and detonated almost spontaneously. The author examines the retrieved shrapnel from the completely disintegrated ship to find clues to the extent and the effects of the explosion, and the distribution of the detritus. Many inquiries, studies and books have concentrated on the effects of this explosion on the shattered city, the population, buildings, emergency preparations, &c., but until now none have looked exhaustively at the ship, the floating bomb and its dispersed detritus.
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