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The Brigantine Providence is described on another page. This page discusses the other ships of the period which were named "Providence" and were not brigantines. Read about the court case involving Joseph Bucklin 4th and his ship the Brigantine Providence. A brigantine is bigger than a sloop, but smaller than a frigate. Sloop Providence. The ship John Paul Jones had, and which has its own
place in history, that was named the Providence was originally named
"Katy". It was a merchant sloop, 110 feet long,
built in 1768. It was owned by Providence merchant John Brown.
In 1774, the Newport merchants felt aggrieved by the actions of the English ship
Rose in its actions against smuggling. The Newport merchants fitted out
the Katty as an armed
In 1775, as the first American ship of the Rhode Island navy, the Katty was put under the command of John Brown's ship captain Abraham Whipple. T Photo above. left, is of a recreated Providence. An illustration of the historical Providence is the painting on the right. (Click to enlarge this to appreciate the nature of this ship.) A brigantine is generally bigger than a schooner or sloop, but smaller than a frigate. Gondola Providence. The gondola Providence was a flat bottomed
boat 62 feet long by 20 feet wide. It was in essence a floating gun
position for the 12 cannons mounted on it. It was built for, and used in,
and destroyed in, the 1776 battle for Lake Champlain in the Revolution. |
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vessel and used it to patrol the Narragansett Bay in opposition to
the 20 gun HMS Rose.
For
comparative purposes, on the left is a photo of a brigantine,
while on the right is a photo of a schooner.
Frigate Providence. There was a frigate Providence, built for war in
1776, by Sylvester Brown, of Providence, RI. Carrying 28 guns, she was
about 127 feet long and 34 feet wide.
The photo on the left shows a frigate, although not the Providence.