[3] Claymore was the last major passenger vessel ordered by MacBraynes which was not a car ferry[4] and entered service on the Inner Isles mail from Oban, replacing the elderly Lochearn.

[3] Claymore had the latest navigational aids of the day, radar, Decca, an echo-sounder and wireless-telegraphy.

[3] She underwent a substantial rebuild and lengthening for her service as a cruise ship in Greece,[2] emerging complete with swimming pool, dramatically flared bows and painted silver all over.

She sailed from Oban to Tobermory, Coll, Tiree, Castlebay and Lochboisdale three time per week.

The wreck of Loch Seaforth in March 1973 prolonged the survival of Claymore, although she was largely laid up for much of her last years on the west coast.

After over a year laid up at Greenock, Claymore emerged in October 1975, for a last, brief spell of west coast service, making her last passenger sailing in Scotland, from Colonsay to Oban, on 7 November 1975.