Posted by Sue Irvine suzanne.irvine@btinternet.com on April 22, 2001 - transferred from the old Forum:

I am trying to find information about a merchant ship named the "Maple Branch". Its official number was 124132 so I am not sure if it may have been a British ship.
The period i am looking at is 1918 onwards and I am also trying to find out if the Maple Branch visited South Wales UK between 1918 and 1922.
I was advised to try this list by someone on the Mariners Website Uk, so please can someone help?
Many thanks.

RESPONSE:

Posted by Roger W Jordan rogwj@aol.com on April 23, 2001.

I can only trace evidence that this vessel was "at a UK port" some time between June 1920 and July 1921. This was found in the July 1921 "Lloyd's Confidential Index".
Unless anyone who subscribes to this and other fora have specific knowledge of this vessel, I think that the only way you will be able to find the information you seek is by reference to the appropriate records in the Lloyd's Collection at the Guildhall Library in London.
Roger W Jordan