HMS Providence

"I'm on a tight schedule, Gibbs. The HMS Providence sets sail at first light, and if you do not care to watch it hanging here dead with a mouthful of flies...speak now."

- Hector Barbossa to Joshamee Gibbs

The HMS Providence was a three-masted, twenty-eight gun frigate serving Great Britain. It was the ship that was used by the British Royal Navy during the quest for the Fountain of Youth, under the command of former pirate Hector Barbossa, a privateer in the King's court.

History
"The Fountain is the prize. It appears we're not even worth the time to sink us. Now, we've fallen behind! All hands! Make more sail! Ride hard with wind and tide!"

- Hector Barbossa to the crew of the Providence

After Jack Sparrow escaped from St. James' Palace, he was forced aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge to help the notorious pirate Blackbeard with finding the Fountain of Youth. By King George's orders, the HMS Providence was then sent to find the Fountain under Hector Barbossa's command. Joshamee Gibbs was forced to come aboard the Providence's crew, as he knew the route to the Fountain of Youth.

As the journey progressed, they had an encounter with three galleons of the Spanish Royal Navy, led by the Spaniard. Barbossa immediately ordered the ship to quarters, however the three galleons passed by the lone British frigate without even firing a gun. The vessel later anchored off of Whitecap Bay, one of the very few nesting homes of mermaids. During a storm, the Providence was attacked by mermaids who were sinking the ship to the depths. Only the crew who were on shore with Barbossa were left as they watched the HMS Providence, as well as the other crewmen, go down.

Behind the scenes

 * In Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides the HMS Providence was portrayed by the HMS Surprise, a ship replica of the HMS Rose. No "props" were used aboard the Surprise, as everything seen on screen was a working part of the ship. The HMS Surprise also portrayed the ship of the same name in the adventure film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. It was with the release of this movie that the former HMS Rose was renamed HMS Surprise.
 * The version of the British flag used by the crew of the HMS Providence wasn't invented before the beginning of the 19th century, at least fifty years after the events of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The version seen in previous movies is the correct period flag.

Appearances

 * Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides