[1][4] In early 1900s, the Clan Line operated two main routes between United Kingdom and her colonies in the East.

[7] On her second trip Clan Matheson departed from Liverpool on 12 August 1906,[8] arriving at Cape Town on 5 September.

After arriving at Port Pirie on 13 November,[12] Clan Matheson loaded approximately 2,000 tons of various rare metal concentrates and headed for Sydney.

[14] After touching at Melbourne, Clan Matheson arrived in Adelaide where she took on 4,097 bags of wheat for Antwerp,[15] and 1,032 bales of wool destined for Germany.

[19] For her second trip she departed England in mid-August, passed through the Suez Canal on 6 September 1907, calling at Colombo, Madras and other Indian ports, and finally reached Chittagong on 15 October 1907.

[20] Clan Matheson left Chittagong on 21 October proceeding via Colombo to London where she arrived on 22 November 1907.

[22] The ship immediately departed Greenock stopping off at Liverpool to load cargo leaving it on 1 January 1908 for India via South Africa.

Clan Matheson arrived at Ceylon in early March and proceeded to India visiting several ports such as Vizagapatam, Madras and Cuddalore before departing for London via Galle.