 On 14 October 1911 while entering Gravesend "Mount Temple" collided with an Australian steamer "SS Osterley" anchored at Tilbury Dock, causing some slight damage to her bow.On 18 January 1912 "Mount Temple" on her trip from Halifax to London under command of captain Moore encountered steamer "SS Dart" about 800 miles east-northeast of Halifax, drifting helplessly with broken rudder.She spent the night standing by but did not connect the towing cables and abandoned "Dart" the next day.