PS Waverley (1885)

Waverley was built by H. McIntyre & Company, Paisley, and was initially owned by Captain Bob Campbell, replacing his PS Meg Merrilies taking passengers between Glasgow and Kilmun on the north shore of the Holy Loch.^[1][2] She was competing for passengers with PS Benmore owned by Captain Buchanan, and that competition eventually resulted in a collision as they both raced to reach Kilcreggan pier; both captains were fined five pounds.^[2] The following year, Waverley was replaced on the Kilmun route by the smaller PS Madge Wildfire while she sailed a route between Glasgow to Millport and Ayr.^[1]

In 1887, she was chartered to the Bristol Channel Marine Excursion Company to operate sailings from Bristol to seaside towns like Ilfracombe and Weston-super-Mare.^[2][1] In 1888, Captain Bob Campbell died and ownership of Waverley passed to his sons Alex and Peter,^[2][1] and they considered the Bristol Channel sailings such a success that they sold their Clyde steamers PS Meg Merrilies and PS Madge Wildfire to Caledonian Steam Packet Company and relocated themselves and their business to Bristol, forming P & A Campbell.^[1][3] From 1896 to 1916 she sailed between Weston-super-Mare and Cardiff, with a single season in 1911 operating cruises from Hastings.^[1]

Towards the end of World War I, Waverley was requisitioned by the Admiralty to serve as minesweeper HMS Way out of Swansea and then later on the river Thames.^[1] She was returned to her owners in 1919 but was scrapped a year and a half later without being returned to service.^[1]