Built in 1971 as MV Holmia by Kristiansands Mekaniske Verksted, Norway for Silja Line, Finland,[2] she was operated as ADS Meteor and then Pendaby by P&O Ferries between Heysham and Belfast from February 1973.
[3] From May 1981, NF Jaguar (the NF denoting Normandy Ferries) 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.
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.
A few days, later she suffered an engine failure in the Bay of Biscay and required repair in Santander, Spain.