Olive Branch (1818 ship)

Olive Branch was launched in 1818 at Cowes. She was one of several vessels that a gale wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope (the Cape), on 21 July 1822.

History
United Kingdom
Name: Olive Branch
Namesake: Olive Branch
Builder: Thomas White, Cowes[1]
Launched: 2 May 1818[1]
Fate: Wrecked 21 July 1822
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 217, or 217​58⁄94[1] (bm)
Sail plan: Snow

Olive Branch first entered Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1818.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1818 Artis
Kind		 Brown
Mount		 Cowes–Newcastle
London–Hayti		 LR
1820 W.Kind W.Kind Cowes
London–CGH		 LR
1823 W.Kind W.Kind & Co/ London–CGH LR

On 1 May 1821 Olive Branch, Kidd, master, arrived at the Cape. On 3 March an unknown ship had run into her a 15°0′S 29°33′W causing damages and carrying away Olive Branch's foremast and bowsprit.[3]

On 21–22 July 1822 a tremendous gale drove Olive Branch, Kind, master, ashore at the Cape of Good Hope.[4] She had been nearly loaded for London. A letter dated 10 August stated that the greater part of Olive Branch's cargo had been saved, but that she had been condemned.[5] The next report was that Olive Branch, Kind, master, had been condemned and sold.[6]

The entry for Olive Branch in the 1823 volume of LR carried the annotation "condemned&sold".[7]

The same storm also resulted in the loss of other ships, including Adriatic, Leander, and Sun, and damage to Royal George.

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Hackman (2001), p. 302.
  2. LR (1818), Supple.pages "O", Seq.№O14.
  3. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5610). 17 July 1821. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  4. "Storm At The Cape Of Good Hope". The Times (London, England), 15 October 1822; pg. 2; Issue 11690.
  5. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5742). 15 October 1822. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5744). 22 October 1822.
  7. LR (1823), Seq.№O114.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
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