Peveril may refer to:

People

  • Peveril William-Powlett (1898–1985), Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station
  • Peveril Meigs (1903–1979), American geographer, notable for his studies of arid lands on several continents

Fiction

Places

Ships

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company named four of its ships Peveril. All operated on the Irish Sea.

  • SS Peveril (1884) A 595-ton, twin-screw packet steamer. She sank following a collision with SS Monarch in 1899.
  • SS Peveril (1929) A 798-ton, cargo ship which was sold and scrapped in 1964
  • MV Peveril (1963) A 1,048-ton, motor cargo vessel, which was sold in 1981 and scrapped in 2001.
  • MV Peveril (1971) A 1,950-ton, ro-ro cargo ferry, which was sold in 2000 and scrapped in 2009.

Locomotives

  • No. 6 Peveril A 2-4-0 locomotive, built by Beyer-Peacock, Gorton, Manchester, in 1875 for service with the Isle of Man Railway

See also

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