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Nereus, 1821
Type: 5th rate ; Armament 46
Launched : 30 Jul 1821 ;
Disposal date or year : 1879
BM: 1094 tons
Notes:
1830 Plymouth
15 Nov 1843 Commissioned at Devonport as Storeship, Harbour Service
15 Nov 1845 The Thalia, 42, Captain Charles Hope, arrived this morning from the gulf of California, with nearly two million of dollars on merchants' account. She left Mazatlan on the 5th, San Blas on the 15th June, Valparaiso the 15th of August, and Rio Janeiro the 3rd September. The Nereus, store-ship was the only one of the Pacific squadron at Valparaiso when the Thalia last left that port. Rear Admiral Sir George Seymour had gone in the Collingwood, taking the Modeste with him, to meet the French Admiral at Tahiti, to arrange about the indemnity to our late Consul, Mr. Pritchard. It was understood that the Commander-in-Chief was going afterwards to the Sandwich Islands, and then to California, and the West Coast of Mexico.
20 Dec 1848 Store depot at Valparaiso.
30 Aug 1851 Valparaiso
1860 Store Depot, Valparaiso,
1864 Store ship, Valparaiso. Report of fever onboard : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.
1870-9 Store and coal Ship, Valparaiso. Replaced by the Liffey.