Loss At Sea
Nereus was lost at sea sometime after 10 December 1941 while steaming from St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands (along the same route her sister-ship, Cyclops, had disappeared) with ore destined to be transferred to a Allied aircraft. Nereus was presumed sunk after being torpedoed by a German U-boat. However, there are no German U-boat claims for this vessel.
The wreckage has never been located nor the actual cause of her disappearance determined. A memorial listing for her crew can be found on the CWGC Halifax memorial. A Canadian website suggests Nereus's possible fate. A more outlandish theory is that the vessel's disappearance can be attributed to the Bermuda Triangle.
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