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The reason for this detour was to give the passengers and crew a view of the SS Norway (previously named SS France), at that time the longest ocean liner ever built in France. Later examinations of the 1900D's cockpit voice recorder revealed that a passenger made his way to the cockpit and told the pilot and co-pilot of the presence of the ...
SS Norge (pronounced [ˈnɔ̂rɡə] ⓘ) was a transatlantic ocean liner that was launched in 1881 in Scotland, and lost in 1904 off Rockall with great loss of life. Her final voyage was from Copenhagen , Kristiania and Kristiansand , bound for New York , carrying passengers many of whom were emigrants.
The first attack was a car bomb explosion in Oslo within Regjeringskvartalet, the executive government quarter of Norway, at 15:25:22 . [1] The bomb was placed inside a van [14] next to the tower block housing the office of the then Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. [15] The explosion killed 8 people and injured at least 209 people, 12 severely.
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The 2011 Norway attacks were a bombing in Oslo and a series of shootings at Utøya on Friday, 22 July 2011. The first attack was a bomb exploding in Regjeringskvartalet, the executive government quarter of Oslo, and the second an attack on a youth camp organized by the youth organization (AUF) of the Norwegian Labour Party (AP) on the island of Utøya in Tyrifjorden, Buskerud.
SS Imo aground on the Dartmouth side of the harbour after the explosion. At 9:04:35 am, the out-of-control fire aboard Mont-Blanc finally set off her highly explosive cargo, causing the Halifax Explosion. [25] The ship was blown apart and a powerful blast wave radiated away from the explosion at more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) per second. A ...
Nov. 25—In Portland's historical Abyssinian Meeting House, 198 names were read aloud Saturday remembering those who perished 125 years ago in New England's worst maritime disaster. On the ...
On 11 January 1919 she rescued survivors of SS Castalia off Cape Sable. [6] Bergensfjord listing and burning after the July 1924 explosion. Bergensfjord suffered an engine room explosion on 26 July 1924 shortly after departing Bergen, forcing the crew to beach her. [7] [8] She resumed service in September of the same year after repairs had been ...