HMS Providence (1637)
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Providence was a 30-gun pinnance in the service of the English Navy Royal. She spent her career in Home Waters. During the English Civil War she was employed in the Parliamentary Naval Force. In 1551 she was assigned to the Commonwealth Navy. She was in the Battle of Gabbard. Upon the Restoration in 1660 she participated in the battles of Lowestoffe, Four Days' Fight and Orfordness in 1666. She was converted to a fireship then sold in 1667.[1]
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English Navy Royal | |
Name | Providence |
Ordered | 12 December 1636 |
Builder | Mr Tranckmore, St Savior's Dock, Bermondsey |
Launched | 21 March 1637 |
Commissioned | 1638 |
Commonwealth of England | |
Name | Providence |
Acquired | May 1649 |
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Kingdom of England | |
Name | Providence |
Acquired | May 1660 |
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Fate | Wrecked at Tangier 31 October 1668 |
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Tons burthen | 357+93⁄94 tons bm |
Length | 90 ft 1 in (27.5 m) keel |
Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 0 in (3.4 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Sail plan | ship-rigged |
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Providence was the first named vessel in the English and royal Navies.[2]