SS Peveril (1929)

SS (RMS) Peveril (II) was a steel, single-screw cargo vessel, built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in 1929, and operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company until 1964.

Dimensions
Peveril - the second ship in the Company to be so named - was a steel, single-screw vessel, which had a registered tonnage of 798 GRT. Length 205'; beam 34'6"; depth 16'. She was powered by one triple-expansion directly coupled engine which produced 200 pounds p.s.i., developing 1,250 i.h.p. and gave her a speed of 12 knots. Peveril had accommodation for 12 passengers and a crew of 17.



Service Life
Peveril was constructed at a cost of £42,600, and was the first cargo ship ordered directly by the Steam Packet, previous ones having been bought second hand. She traded mainly between Douglas, Ramsey and Liverpool.

Disposal
With the arrival of her successor, MV Peveril (1963) (III) she became redundant. She had her name changed to Peveril II in October 1963 for the last few months of her life, to release her original name for the new cargo vessel. Peveril II was sold to the Belton Shipping and Trading Company of London, and was broken up at Glasson Dock, Lancaster, in May 1964.