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PS Lucy Ashton

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PS Lucy Ashton

owner	North British Steam Packet Co. (1888–1902) North British Railway (1902–1923) London and North Eastern Railway (1923–1948) British Transport Commission (1948–1949)
builder	T.B. Seath & Co. with engines supplied by Hutson & Corbett‡R1R‡
launched	24 May 1888‡R2R‡
out of service	February 1949‡R2R‡
fate	Scrapped after 1950

PS Lucy Ashton was a Clyde-built paddle steamer that carried passengers on the Clyde between 1888 and 1949.[4] She was one of the longest serving Clyde steamers.[2]

History

Lucy Ashton was built by T.B. Seath & Co. at their Rutherglen shipyard for the North British Steam Packet Co. to serve on the Craigendoran to Kilmun route.[4] She continued the tradition of naming steamers after characters in Sir Walter Scott’s novels, being named after the main character in the novel The Bride of Lammermoor.[2] Over the years she sailed on a number of different routes visiting piers in Greenock, Garelochhead, Clynder, Gourock and Dunoon.

PS Lucy Ashton

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