The steam yacht Christine was launched by David J Dunlop, Port Glasgow on 20 December 1896 for Sir William Scott of Ancrum.
On his death in 1902 she was owned by Constance Monteath Scott and then, in 1909 by James W Miller of London.
On 25 September 1914 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty for use as an Armed Yacht and mounted a 6-pounder and a 3-pounder.
She served with the Auxiliary Patrol in Peterhead in 1914 and, in December of that year, she was involved in salving SS Kentucky near Frazerburgh. She subsequently served in the Orkney Islands area in 1915, the Portsmouth area in 1916 and the Harwich area in 1917.
On 24 November 1917 she was purchased by the Ministry of Shipping and used as a salvage vessel.
After the War she was sold to the Greek shipowner Veliotis on 1 June 1920, renamed Panaghis and employed as a passenger ferry in the Greek seas. In 1922 she was renamed Nafsika for Yannoulatos and in 1929 she was sold to Parnasidos S.S.
She was eventually bombed and sunk on 27 April 1941 at Suda Bay. The wreck was apparently raised by the German forces as in October 1944 she was scuttled as a blockship in Salonica. Raised again and repaired she returned to service for her previous owners.
In October 1952 she was sold for breaking up.