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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
Topics referred to by the same term