wide, and deep. The largest remaining piece of the hull was found in the trench and measured . All 296 men aboard the ship were killed. was away and suffered extensive damage, with 23 crew killed, and 174 injured. Several other nearby ships were also damaged or destroyed. Altogether 372 were killed and 371 injured in the blast. RAF Fauld explosion On 27 November 1944, the RAF Ammunition Depot at Fauld, Staffordshire, became the site of the largest explosion in the UK, when 3,700 tonnes of bombs stored in underground bunkers covering exploded en masse. The explosion was caused by bombs being taken out of store, primed for use, and replaced with the detonators still installed when unused. The crater was deep and covered 5 hectares. The death toll was approximately 78, including RAF personnel, six Italian prisoners of war, civilian employees, and local people. In the similar Port Chicago disaster (above), about half the weight of bombs was high explosive. If the same is true of the Fauld Explosion, it would have been equivalent to about 2 kilotons of TNT. Japanese aircraft carrier Unryu On 19 December 1944, exploded when torpedoes fired by detonated the forward magazine. SS John Burke On December 28, 1944, while transporting ammunition to Mindoro, Philippines, the Liberty ship SS John Burke was hit by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft, and disintegrated in a tremendous explosion with the loss of all hands. Japanese battleship Yamato On 7 April 1945, after six hours of battle, 's magazine exploded as she sank, resulting in a mushroom cloud rising above the wreck, and which could be seen from Kyushu, away. 3,055 crewmen were killed. Trinity calibration test On 7 May 1945, 100 tons of TNT were stacked on a wooden tower and exploded to test the instrumentation prior to the test of the first atomic bomb. 1945–2000 Futamata Tunnel Explosion On 12 November 1945, when the occupation troops were trying to dispose of 530 tons of ammunition, there was an explosion in a tunnel in Soeda, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu Island. According to a confirmed official report, 147 local residents were killed and 149 people injured. Texas City Disaster On 16 April 1947, SS Grandcamp, loaded with about 2,300 tons ammonium nitrate, exploded in port at Texas City, Texas. 581 died and over 5,000 were injured. This is generally considered the worst industrial accident in United States history. Heligoland "British