HMS Providence (1791)
The HMS Providence (German foresight / Audit ) was a British Navy ship for the second breadfruit expedition ( 1791-1793 ) by Captain William Bligh was used.
History
The Providence was a sloop classified as expedition ship 6 Ranges, It was built at the shipyard of W. Perry in Blackwall (London), there, purchased in February 1791 during the construction of the Royal Navy and was launched on April 23, 1791 from the stack.
On the first trip, they had a crew of 134, including 20 Marines.
William Bligh should do according to the will of Sir Joseph Banks a second attempt after the disaster with the HMS Bounty to bring breadfruit plants from Tahiti to the West Indies. As an accompanying ship, HMS Assistant rode, commanded by Lieutenant Nathaniel Portlock. Portlock, whose skills were highly valued by Bligh, Bligh led temporarily during recurrent disease also in command of the Providence. Among the midshipmen was the young Matthew Flinders, who later Umsegler Australia. The expedition was successful and proceeded without any major incidents.
The stations of the journey:
- 3 Aug.1791: Departure from Spithead
- 9 Apr.1792: Arrival in Tahiti
- July 19, 1792: Departure from Tahiti
- January 22, 1793: Arrival in St. Vincent ( Westind. Islands)
- 5 Feb 1793: Arrival in Jamaica
- August 7, 1793: Arrival in Deptford, England
The second journey of Providence was not quite so successful and at the same time also their last. 1795 was Capt. William Robert Broughton ordered to the Pacific coast of North America, where she was to meet the Vancouver Expedition. Broughton missed Vancouver and decided to sail to the Far East and make there further explorations and measurements, including in front of Hokkaidō. 1797 Providence suffered shipwreck and sank off the island of Miyako- jima, southwest of Okinawa. The crew was able to escape on an accompanying saver.