What is ss mount temple?

SS Mount Temple was a British steamship owned and operated by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company. It was built in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1901 and measured 155 meters in length and 16 meters in width. The ship had a gross tonnage of 11,316 and was powered by triple-expansion steam engines that could propel it at a speed of 13 knots.

During World War I, the ship was requisitioned by the British government for use as a troopship and was involved in transporting soldiers and supplies to various theaters of war. In 1916, it was assigned to transport prisoners of war from Germany to the UK as part of a prisoner of war exchange scheme.

On 6 April 1917, while en route from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, the SS Mount Temple received an S.O.S. call from the Titanic's sister ship, the RMS Carpathia, which was itself rescuing the survivors of the Titanic's sinking five years previously. The SS Mount Temple assisted the RMS Carpathia in transporting the survivors to safety.

In 1918, the SS Mount Temple was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat in the Celtic Sea, off the coast of Ireland. The ship sank within minutes, with the loss of 31 crew members.