HMS Providence

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Providence, 1796
Type: Schooner expended as a Fire-ship ; Armament 14
Purchased : 1796 ; Disposal date or year : 2 Oct 1804
Disposal Details : Expended off Boulogne.
Notes:

15-16 Aug 1801 with others the ships boats were involved in an unsuccessful cutting out operation at Boulogne, 2 seamen being wounded.

1-3 Oct 1804 fire ships expended and the trial of a new form of fire boat known as a "catamaran," on the French flotillas anchored off Boulogne.