Seath & Co. at their Rutherglen shipyard for the North British Steam Packet Co. to serve on the Craigendoran to Kilmun route.

[3] Over the years she sailed on a number of different routes visiting piers in Greenock, Garelochhead, Clynder, Gourock and Dunoon.

[1] Unlike a lot of Clyde steamers, Lucy Ashton was not requisitioned by the Admiralty for naval service during either world war.

[3] She continued to sail on the Clyde during World War I although her routes were restricted by an anti-submarine boom between Dunoon and Cloch, preventing access to places like Rothesay.

[3] In 1950 Lucy Ashton was handed over to the British Shipbuilding Research Association and converted to be used in resistance experiments to investigate the effects of drag and friction on a full-size hull.