HMS Nereus (1821)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Nereus.
HMS Nereus was a 46-gun modified Leda-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. She was never commissioned and was converted into a store ship in 1843 for service in South America. The ship was sold for into civilian service in 1879.
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Name | Nereus |
Namesake | Nereus |
Ordered | 25 April 1817 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | January 1819 |
Launched | 30 July 1821 |
Completed | 12 September 1821 |
Commissioned | Never |
Reclassified | As store ship and coal hulk, December 1843 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 22 January 1879 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Modified Leda-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 1094 16/94 bm |
Length | |
Beam | 40 ft 6 in (12.3 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) |
Depth | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 315 |
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