| Name: | PROVIDENCE | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 06/09/1899 | 
| Completed: | 10/1899 | 
| Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd | 
| Yard: | South Shields | 
| Yard Number: | 198 | 
| Dimensions: | 766grt, 477nrt, 225.0 x 32.0 x 10.8ft | 
| Engines: | T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 24ins), 78nhp | 
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Steel | 
| Reg Number: | n/a | 
| History: | |
| 10/1899 | FC Svorono & Sons, Mariupol, Russia | 
| 03/04/1915 | Sank | 
| Comments: | 1899: Also seen as PROVIDANS | 
| 03/04/1915: Sunk by gunfire from Turkish YAVUZ south of Tarkhanhut | |
| On a voyage from Odessa to Rostov with a cargo of sugar | 

Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 08/09/1899