Quote: the monc blonc was a ship that blew up in halifax harbor. the imo was a ship that collied with the monc blonc and set her ... oh let me tell the story. it was world war 1 and two ships were entering halifax harbor one the monc blonc the other the imo they were heading down the same part of the harbor the monc blonc was carrying over 100 tuns of munitions, well they hit each other setting the monc blonc on fire the imo was trying to get away when after 19 minetes of burning she blew distorying the city and sinking the imo. the princess alice was a ferry it got hit by a freghter and sank with all but 5 of the people on board. the volcanc caught on fire and sank with most passengers. by the tye do you know how the empress of ireland sank