| Career (United Kingdom) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Providence |
| Builder: | Redfern Construction Ltd, Toronto |
| Laid down: | 17 July 1943 |
| Launched: | 27 October 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 15 May 1944 |
| Renamed: | Constructed as HMCS Forrest Hill Renamed HMS Providence in June 1943 |
| Fate: | Scrapped from 17 May 1958 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Algerine-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 850 tons |
| Length: | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbines two shafts 2,000 ihp |
| Complement: | 85 men |
| Armament: |
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| Notes: | Pennant number J325 |
HMS Providence (J325) was an Algerine-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. Providence was ordered as HMCS Forrest Hill in 1942, and laid down at the Toronto yards of Redfern Construction Ltd on 17 July 1943. She was renamed Providence in June 1943, and was launched on 27 October 1943.[1] Her conversion to a minesweeper was completed on 15 May 1944.[2] She served during the last years of the Second World War.
After the war, Providence participated in the Palestine Patrol. On 1 November 1946, she escorted the listing SS San Dimitrio, full of Jewish refugees, into Haifa.[3] On 10 December, Providence participated in the rescue of more refugees from the shipwrecked SS Athina, which had grounded in Syrna.[4]
Providence was subsequently sold for scrapping, and arrived at the yards of Young, of Sunderland on 17 May 1958.[5]
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