HMS Providence (1791)
Providence
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Providence |
Builder | Perry & Co, Blackwall Yard |
Launched | 23 April 1791 |
Acquired | February 1791 |
Commissioned | April 1791 |
Fate | Wrecked 16 May 1797[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sloop-of-war |
Tons burthen | 406 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 29 ft 1 in (8.9 m) |
Draught |
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Depth of hold | 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 100 |
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HMS Providence was a sloop of the Royal Navy, famous for being commanded by William Bligh on his second breadfruit voyage between 1791 and 1794.
Construction and commissioning
The Admiralty purchased Providence on the stocks from Perry & Co, Blackwall Yard in February 1791. She was launched on 23 April 1791 and commissioned under Bligh that month. She was coppered at Woolwich for the sum of £1,267, and then again at Deptford for £3,981.
Second Breadfruit Voyage
Rated as a
Vancouver Expedition
Providence underwent another refit at Woolwich and was recommissioned in October 1793 under the command of Commander William Robert Broughton. Broughton was ordered to rejoin the Vancouver Expedition.
Providence was at
Providence departed Britain on 15 February 1795. Reaching Monterrey long after the expedition made its final departure, Broughton decided (correctly) that Vancouver would not have left his surveying task unfinished and departed to chart the coast of east Asia.[5]
In the course of his explorations, he named Caroline Island Carolina (which later became "
Providence voyaged to
After the wreck, Western nautical charts began to refer to Yabiji as "Providence Reef."[7][8][9]
Wreck
In 2008, a diving survey conducted by the Okinawa Prefectural Buried Cultural Properties Center found the remains of a foreign ship, believed to those of Providence, in Yabiji.
See also
References
- ^ a b c Crosley, John. "Ship's Log". Cambridge Digital Library. Cambridge University Library. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "The Voyage of the Providence and Assistant 1791-1793". Fateful Voyage. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ "George Tobin journal and sketches on HMS Providence, 1791-1793, with additional material to 1831". State Library - New South Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "No. 15407". The London Gazette. 15 September 1801. p. 1145.
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OL 24159440M, retrieved 20 January 2012
- ^ a b Kepler, A.K.; C.B. Kepler (February 1994). "The natural history of the Caroline Atoll, Southern Line Islands". Atoll Research Bulletin. 397–398. Archived from the original on 9 September 2006.
- ^ a b c "八重干瀬(やびじ)・ 宮古島の八重干瀬サンゴ礁". 宮古島キッズ ネット. Retrieved 27 January 2019. ("'Yabiji, Miyakojima's Yabiji Coral Reef.' Miyakojima Kids Net. Retrieved January 27, 2019") (in Japanese)
- ^ a b c "プロビデンス号". 宮古島キッズネット. Retrieved 27 January 2019. ("'Providence.' Miyakojima Kids Net. Retrieved January 27, 2019.") (in Japanese)
- ^ a b c 山本遊児; 片桐千亜紀. "水中考古学 其の二十四 八重干瀬沖海底遺跡群第1地点 『プロビデンス号』の座礁地". Diver Online. Retrieved 27 January 2019. ("'Underwater Archeology Part 24: The 1st site of the underwater ruins off Yaehize, the grounding site of the Providence.' Diver Online. Retrieved January 27, 2019.") (in Japanese)") (in Japanese)
- Broughton, William; Chapman, William; Hayward, John; Arnold, John; Earnshaw, Thomas (1787). Correspondence and related papers regarding observations made on voyages of discovery (RGO 14/68). Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 293 – via Cambridge Digital Library.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- ISBN 1-86176-295-X
External links
- Media related to HMS Providence (ship, 1791) at Wikimedia Commons