SS Imo

SS Imo was a <a href="/facts/Merchant_navy/0d7ywoIl">merchant</a> <a href="/facts/Steamship/Ay0fhKBW">steamship</a> that was built in 1889 to carry <a href="/facts/Livestock/Quhv6GvP">livestock</a> and passengers, and converted in 1912 into a <a href="/facts/Whaling/rvUqYp0E">whaling</a> <a href="/facts/Factory_ship/VjtJuoeb">factory ship</a>. She was built as Runic, renamed Tampican in 1895, Imo in 1912 and Guvernøren (The Governor) in 1920. 
In 1917 the <a href="/facts/Commission_for_Relief_in_Belgium/NpDyRuc8">Belgian Relief Commission</a> <a href="/facts/Chartering_(shipping)/6z4FkcSU">chartered</a> Imo to take humanitarian supplies to <a href="/facts/German_occupation_of_Belgium_during_World_War_I/4kVv0bw5">German-occupied Belgium</a>. On 6 December 1917 she was involved in a collision in <a href="/facts/Halifax_Harbour/YlnVsHjh">Halifax Harbour</a> with the French <a href="/facts/Cargo_ship/G7JSpeMc">cargo ship</a> <a href="/facts/SS_Mont-Blanc/wDCzYMV8">Mont-Blanc</a>, which was carrying munitions. The resultant fire aboard Mont Blanc caused the historic and catastrophic <a href="/facts/Halifax_Explosion/cpmCB13D">Halifax Explosion</a>, which levelled the Richmond District in the North End of the city. Although Imo's superstructure was severely damaged by the blast, the ship was repaired and returned to service in 1918.
The ship was renamed Guvernøren (The Governor) in 1920. On 30 November 1921 she ran aground off East Falkland [28] and was abandoned.

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SS Imo