On Monday, a new stamp commemorating the moment immediately after these two vessels collided was unveiled at Government House. Two thousand people were killed in the Halifax Explosion and another 10,000 injured. Canada Post commissioned the Halifax marketing firm Burke & Burke to create the stamp in 2015. The steamship Imo is beached on Dartmouth shore after the 1917 Halifax explosion. Halifax Explosion: A city in ruins6:08To create the image, Halifax illustrator Mike Little recreated the final moments before the collision with 3D models of the ships constructed using floor plans of the vessels found in archives.

Source: CBC News November 06, 2017 14:00 UTC