Yard number 216 Launched 9 January 1971 Draft 4.95 m | Maiden voyage 7 April 1971 Length 106 m Beam 16 m | |
Name MV Holmia
Feb 1973 ADS Meteor
Feb 1975 Penda
July 1980 NF Jaguar
1983 Peveril
Sept 2000 Caribbean Express
Jan 2003 Express Owner Feb 1973 International Chartering Cooperation, Singapore
1974 Meteor Reederei und Schiffsfahrts GmbH KG, Singapore
Feb 1975 P&O Ferries
Dec 1981 James Fisher and Sons Plc, Barrow
Dec 1992 Isle of Man Steam Packet Co., Douglas
Sept 2000 Marine Express Inc., Panama
Jan 2003 Cadre shipping, Phnom Pehn, Cambodia Operator Feb 1973 P&O Ferries
Jan 1980 Sealink
May 1981 Isle of Man Steam Packet Co., Douglas
16-24 Nov 1997 Irish Ferries Ltd, Dublin (charter) Route Feb 1973 Heysham - Belfast
Jan 1980 Stranraer - Larne
April 1980 Southampton - Le Havre
May 1981 Douglas - Heysham
Nov 1997 Rosslare - Pembroke
Jan-July 1998 Douglas - Heysham Builder Kristiansand Mekaniske Verksted | ||
MV Peveril was a ro-ro cargo ferry operated in the Irish Sea, initially by P&O Ferries and then Sealink. As NF Jaguar and then Peveril, between 1981 and 1998 she was operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from Douglas, Isle of Man.
History
Built in 1971 as MV Holmia by Kristiansands Mekaniske Verksted, Norway for Silja Line, Finland, she was operated as ADS Meteor and then Pendaby by P&O Ferries between Heysham and Belfast from February 1973.
From May 1981, she was on bareboat charter to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company operating between Douglas and Heysham in rivalry to the Manx Line, Manx Viking. The company purchased her in December 1982 and renamed her Peveril.
Competition from the rival Manx Line led to the financial collapse of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and its subsequent amalgamation with Sealink-Manx Line. From 1 April 1985, the main UK port was to move from Liverpool to Heysham, severing connections with Liverpool after 155 years. Twelve shore staff staged a sit-in at Liverpool trapping the Peveril. She was only released on 8 April after redundancy payments totalling almost a quarter of a million pounds were agreed, adding to the costs of withdrawing from Liverpool. She continued on the route until 10 July 1998.
In September 2000, she was sold to Marine Express Inc., Panama. As Caribbean Express, she left Birkenhead on 27 September. A few days, later she suffered an engine failure in the Bay of Biscay and required repair in Santander, Spain.
In 2002, she was detained in Sotchi, Russia.
Latterly under Cambodian flag, she was sold to Indian breakers in 2009 and is believed to have been scrapped.