Jessica (The Merchant of Venice) intends to collect on the "pound of flesh". Jessica informs them that she has heard her father speaking with his fellows, saying he "would rather have Antonio's flesh / Than twenty times the value of the sum / That he did owe him." Portia dispatches Bassanio to Venice to assist his friend, pausing only long enough for them to be married. Then announces that she and Nerissa, her maid, will stay in a nearby convent while their husbands are away. In her absence she asks Lorenzo and Jessica to manage her estate. In Act 3, Scene 5, Jessica and Gobbo
HMS Shakespeare (P221) is identified as an Italian light cruiser. On transferral to the Far East, she sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship "Unryu Maru". She was damaged by gunfire and air attack in the Nankauri Strait, Andaman Islands on 3 January 1945, whilst engaged with the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper "Wa 1". Both ships were damaged. "Shakespeare" returned to port, but was written off as a constructive total loss. She was sold on 14 July 1946 and was broken up by Thos W Ward, of Briton Ferry. HMS Shakespeare (P221) HMS "Shakespeare" was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part