HMS Providence (J325) was an of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. Providence was ordered as in 1942, and laid down at the Toronto

Toronto

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 yards of Redfern Construction Ltd on 17 July 1943. She was renamed Providence in June 1943, and was launched on 27 October 1943. Her conversion to a minesweeper was completed on 15 May 1944. She served during the last years of the Second World War

World War II

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After the war, Providence participated in the Palestine

Palestine

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 Patrol. On 1 November 1946, she escorted the listing , full of Jewish refugees, into Haifa

Haifa

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. On 10 December, Providence participated in the rescue of more refugees from the shipwrecked , which had grounded in Syrna

Syrna (island)

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Providence was subsequently sold for scrapping, and arrived at the yards of Young, of Sunderland on 17 May 1958.