HMS Providence (J325)

HMS "Providence" (J325) was an sclass|Algerine|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. [cite web |url= http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=&id=121085 |title= HMS Providence (J325) - Válečné lodě 1900-1950 |accessdate=2008-08-09] Her conversion to a minesweeper was completed on 15 May 1944. [cite web |url= http://gb-navy-ww2.narod.ru/HTM-MS-algerine.html |title= Algerine Class |accessdate= 2008-08-09] 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. [cite book |title= The Royal Navy and the Palestine Patrol |last= Stewart |first= Ninian |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 2002 |publisher= Routledge |location= |isbn= 0714652105 |pages= p. 79|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=4VFhSqlVi9EC ] On 10 December, "Providence" participated in the rescue of more refugees from the shipwrecked SS|Athina, which had grounded in Sirina. [cite web |url= http://www.nickmessinger.co.uk/providence.html |title= HMS Providence |accessdate= 2008-08-09]

"Providence" was subsequently sold for scrapping, and arrived at the yards of Young, of Sunderland on 17 May 1958. [cite web |url= http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/ex_canadian_us_algerina_class.htm |title= Ex Canadian US Algerina Class |accessdate= 2008-08-09]

References

*Colledge