Petrel can refer to Petrel, a type of tube-nosed seabird Aviation and rocketry Percival Petrel, a 1930s British communications aircraft Petrel (rocket), a British sounding rocket AUM-N-2 Petrel, an antisubmarine missile used by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s, later designated AQM-41A as a target drone Ships , a name used by four United States Navy ships , an archaic form of "Petrel" used as a name by seven Royal Navy ships MV Petrel, a United States Bureau of Fisheries patrol boat in service from 1919 to 1934 that previously served in the United States Navy as , a research vessel Petrel (ship, 1928), a whaler, built in Oslo, left to rust after being beached in Grytviken, South Georgia Geographic locations Petrel Base, an Argentine base in Antarctica Petrel Island (disambiguation) San Antonio de Petrel, a town in Chile Petrel, an alternate spelling for the town of Petrer in Alicante, Spain Other uses Petrel (reservoir software), petroleum reservoir software