HMS Olive Branch

Five ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Olive Branch:

• HMS Olive Branch (1672), a 204-ton (bm) 6-gun fireship purchased in 1672 and sold in 1674.
• HMS Olive Branch (1673), a 200-ton (bm) 6-gun fireship captured in 1673 and sunk later that year.
• HMS Olive Branch (1690), a fireship purchased in 1690 and captured later that year by France.
• HMS Olive Branch, wrecked near the mouth of the Helford River in 1754.[1]
• HMS Olive Branch (1794), a 103 or 105-ton (bm) fireship purchased in April 1794 and sold in February 1802.

Citations and references

Citations

1. Lettens, Jan. "Olive Branch (+1754)". wrecksite. Retrieved 8 May 2012.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.