Captain Lord testified that he spotted a small steamer with a pink funnel Monday morning when Californian was heading southward along the western side of the ice barrier shortly after passing the Mount Temple which had stopped. He later wrote that the ship was the Almerian, also of the Leyland line, the same company that owned Californian, which also carried a pink funnel. However, apparently Lord was the only one to have seen a vessel with a pink funnel. His 3rd officer, Groves, said it had a black funnel. Capt. Moore of Mount temple said it had a black funnel with some sort of marking on it. Moore was in sight of that small steamer almost all night, even before arriving on the scene around 4:30am. The small steamer was looking for a way to cross the ice going eastward.
Rostron said he spotted a steamer with two masthead lights, very common for most steamers then, off his starboard bow as he was racing to get to Titanic. He described that vessel as between himself and the position he was heading for, apparently heading between westward and southward. He never said anything more about it, but it apparently played no role in the events that took place that night.