Name: | MOUNT TEMPLE |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/06/1901 |
Completed: | 1901 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 709 |
Dimensions: | 8790grt, 6661nrt, 485.0 x 59.0 x 30.4ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (22, 37 & 62 x 48ins), 694nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 113496 |
History: | |
1901 | Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd, Liverpool |
1903 | Canadian Pacific Railway Co, Liverpool |
1916 | Canadian Pacific Railway Ocean Lines, Liverpool |
06/12/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 1907: Ran aground on West Inbound Island, Nova Scotia |
1908: Refloated | |
14/04/1912: Controversy surrounds her response (or lack of) to TITANIC's distress calls | |
06/12/1916: Sank after being captured and scuttled by | |
German raider MOWE when 620 miles W by S of Fastnet | |
On a voyage from Montreal to Brest & London with horses & general cargo |
Above photo of MOUNT TEMPLE aground in Novia Scotia in 1907/8 courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 19/06/1901