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SS Nerissa
The SS "Nerissa" was a passenger and cargo steamer which was torpedoed and sunk on 30 April 1941 during World War II by the following 39 wartime voyages between Canada and Britain. She was the only transport carrying Canadian troops to be lost during World War II.
History.
"Nerissa" was the final ship built for the Bowring Brothers' "Red Cross Line" service between New York City, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and St. John's, Newfoundland. Due to the arduous winter conditions
Nerissa
Nerissa may refer to:
- Nerissa (given name), a feminine given name
- Nerissa, a character in Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice"
- "Mira" (wasp), a wasp genus in the subfamily Encyrtinae
- "Cepora nerissa", the common gull, a butterfly in the family Pieridae
- HMS Nerissa (disambiguation)
- SS Nerissa, a passenger and cargo steamer which was torpedoed and sunk on 30 April 1941
- Nerissa, a villain