Providence (1693 ship), of 250 tons (
bm), was launched on the River Thames in 1693. On 27 October 1693 the EIC accepted Providence for charter following a survey. However, the ship is usually referred to as Provident on EIC service.[1]
Providence (1790 ship) was launched in 1790 at South Shields. She initially traded with Saint Petersburg but then in 1804 the British
Royal Navy hired her. She remained in Royal Navy service until towards the end of 1812. She disappears from the registers between 1812 and 1820, and between 1835 and 1850. She was wrecked in 1869 and broken up in 1870.
Providence (1812 ship), a 380-ton sailing ship built at Lynn in 1812 that twice transported convicts to
Tasmania, and that was wrecked in January 1828.
Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society).
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