HMS Olive Branch
Five ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Olive Branch:
- HMS Olive Branch, a 204-ton (builder's measure) 6-gun fireship purchased in 1672 and sold in 1674.
- HMS Olive Branch, a 200-ton (builder's measure) 6-gun fireship captured in 1673 and sunk later that year.
- HMS Olive Branch, 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, a 72-ton (builder's measure) fireship purchased in April 1794 and sold in February 1802.
References
- ↑ Lettens, Jan. "Olive Branch (+1754)". wrecksite. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- 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. OCLC 67375475.
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