Olive Branch (1775 ship)

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British-Red-Ensign-1707.svgGreat Britain
NameOlive Branch
Namesake Olive branch
BuilderPhiladelphia
Launched1775
FateLost August 1791
General characteristics
Tons burthen238, [1] or 260, [2] or 273 [3] (bm)
Armament2 × 4-pounder guns (1783)
NotesBuilt of live oak

Olive Branch was launched in 1775 in Philadelphia. From at least 1776 on she sailed as a West Indiaman from Great Britain. In 1791 she sailed as a whaler to the British Southern Whale Fishery, but was lost in August, early in the outbound leg of her voyage.

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Career

Olive Branch first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1776. [2]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1776Js.HathornStocker & Co.Bristol–TobagoLR
1778J.Hathorn
Js. Trew		Passy & Co.
Capt. & Co.		London–GrenadaLR
1783J.TrewCaptain & Co.London–BarbadosLR
1789R.TrewBraithwaiteLondon–GrenadaLR
1790T.TrewTurner & Co.London–GrenadaLR
1791_.Trew
Lucas		Turner (crossed out)London–Grenada
London–South Seas		LR; thorough repair 1791
1792[William] LucasFowden (or Fowler)London–Southern FisheryLR; thorough repair 1791

On 11 April 1791 Olive Branch, Lucas, master, sailed from the Downs, bound for the South Seas. She was reported in November to have been at the Isle of Man on 22 May. [3]

Fate

In January 1792 Lloyd's List reported that Olive Branch, Lucas, master, had been lost off the coast of Patagonia. [4] She had been lost off Puerto Deseado in August 1791; some of the crew made it to Montevideo in a boat on 28 December 1791. [3]

By one report the Spanish Compania Maritima purchased Olive Branch. [1] LR continued to carry Olive Branch for some years after 1791, but with unchanged data.

Captain Lucas survived. In 1793 he returned to the command of Mentor, sailing her on a whaling voyage.

Citations

  1. 1 2 Clayton (2014), p. 185.
  2. 1 2 LR (1776), Seq.No.O23.
  3. 1 2 3 British Southern Whale Fishery Database – Voyages: Olive Branch.
  4. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2364. 6 January 1792. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232961.

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