| Name: | HAND OF PROVIDENCE | 
| Type: | Sailing Vessel | 
| Launched: | 1824 | 
| Completed: | 1824 | 
| Builder: | Robert Hudson | 
| Yard: | Howdon | 
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 232tonsb, 89.1 x 24.0 x ?ft | 
| Engines: | None | 
| Engines by: | n/a | 
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Brig | 
| Construction: | Wood | 
| Reg Number: | 2253 | 
| History: | |
| 29/09/1824 | Robert Parke, Howdon | 
| 24/01/1826 | Unknown owner; registered at Maldon | 
| 16/02/1837 | John Harbottle, South Shields; registered at Newcastle | 
| 08/08/1845 | Robert Clark, South Shields | 
| 08/02/1853 | Robert Forth, North Shields; registered at Shields | 
| 10/05/1853 | Robert Forth, North Shields & Adamson Bulman, Whitby | 
| 22/08/1853 | Robert Forth, North Shields & Adamson Bulman and George Eskdale, Whitby | 
| 23/05/1867 | Sank | 
| Comments: | 23/05/1867: Foundered off Bornholm Island | 
| On a voyage from the Tyne towards Cronstadt with a cargo of coal | 

Shields Daily News, Monday, 27/05/1867