1) Feminine given name 2) Latin girl name 3) The merchant of venice maid 4) Waiting maid to Portia 5) Waiting-maid to portia 
Nerissa is the waiting-maid to Portia.HMS Nerissa was a British Javelin Class destroyer of 1690 tons displacement launched in 1938. She was armed with six 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns and ten 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots and carried a complement of 183.