From Wikipedia and other sources.
The Mount Temple was built in England in 1901 for the Canadian Pacific Line and was a cargo ship of 8,790.
TITANIC CONNECTION
It responded to the Titanic's distress signals, arriving to the site at 4:10 AM, but was separated from the stricken passengers by an iceberg (and some believe it to be THE iceberg that cause the unsinkable to sink.
There is strong belief that the Mount Temple might have been the mystery ship that Titanic survivors claim they saw before the sinking. This is he ship that ignored the distress rockets. Passengers aboard the Mount temple reported they could see the Titanic that night and say the also heard two explosions aboard the Titanic before it sank.
Reportedly, the Mount Temple also turned off its sidelights. This is some story I'd never heard of before.
SUNK BY THE MOWE
During World War I, a 3-inch deck gun was installed on the stern of the ship. This gun was fired at the Mowe which returned fire and killed four of the crew. It was the fourth Canadian Pacific ship sunk during the war, one of 18 the line lost altogether. It's sister ship, the Montezuma, was sunk July 25, 1917 by the German submarine UC-41.
An Interesting History. --Cooter
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