HMS Nereus (1821)

Nereus, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,^[3] was ordered on 24 April 1817, laid down in January 1819 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 30 July 1821.^[4] She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard 22 August–12 September 1821 and the ship was roofed over from the mainmast forward. The ship cost £23,223 to build and £3,892 to fit out for ordinary. Nereus was converted for service at the cost of £10,557 as a store ship and coal hulk in August–December 1843 at Plymouth for service at Valparaíso, Chile. By December 1856, the ship was stationed in Callao, Peru, but had returned to Valparaíso by 1 August 1863. The following decade saw her at Coquimbo, Peru, by August 1874 and she was sold there for £500 on 22 January 1879.^[1]

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