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| Caption | Smoke rising from Victoria Dock, Bombay, India during the cargo ship Fort Stikine explosion, 14 Apr 1944 ww2dbase | |
| WW2-Era Location Name | Bombay, India | |
| Date | 14 Apr 1944 | |
| Photographer | Unknown | |
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| Source | ww2dbaseWikimedia Commons | |
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| Photos on Same Day | 14 Apr 1944 | |
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| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |
| Photo Size | 594 x 423 pixels | |
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13 Jan 2018 03:31:07 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.