World War II Database

1.  Alan Chanter says:
10 Jun 2016 12:52:27 AM

The British cargo ship, Fort Stikine, carrying 1,400 tons of explosives and 124 gold bars worth £1 million, caught fire in Bombay harbour, India and exploded, showering the docks with blazing debris. The blast and tidal wave which followed sank four ships and damage a further eleven, one of which, a troopship, was hurled out of the water and onto the roof of a warehouse. Half an hour later, the wreck of the Fort Stikine was devastated by a second massive explosion which threw debris 3,000 feet into the air and over a square mile of the docks and city. The two explosions killed 231 and injured a further 476. The bodies of more than 500 dock workers and civilians were also recovered, another 1,000 people simply disappeared and 2,000 were hospitalised. Eleven ships were lost. In 1960 a dredger working in the harbour recovered a single gold bar

2. Amey Kubal says:
3 Nov 2021 05:24:25 PM

This isn't the Stikine. In fact, very little was found of the ship herself let alone a floating hulk after two explosions. Thus is either Fort Cevalier or SS Chantilly.