Olive Branch
| Name | Olive Branch |
| Type | Steamer
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| GRT | 4,649 tons |
| Country |  British |
| Built | 1912
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| Builder | Russell & Co., Port Glasgow
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| Operator | Nautilus Steam Shipping Co., Ltd. (F. & W. Ritson), Sunderland
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| History | Built as Bellorado for Bellarden SS. Co., Ltd. (Bell Bros. & Co.), Glasgow but sold in 1917. Bellorado was damaged by gunfire from UC 22 on February 27, 1917 (three dead) before the sale.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Olive Branch
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 2 Sep 1917 | U 28 (Georg Schmidt) | Sunk | 85 miles NxE1/2E from the North Cape
| 72° 34'N, 27° 56'E
| Liverpool - Port Romanoff
| munitions1
| 1
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| After torpedoing Olive Branch, U 28 closed on the steamer and shelled her. The U-boat was sunk when the steamer exploded.
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Position of attack on Olive Branch
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