HMS Advice (1712)

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History
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Name: HMS Advice
Builder: Allin, Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 8 July 1712
Renamed: HMS Milford, 1744
Fate: Sold, 1749
General characteristics [1]
Class & type: 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 714 bm
Length: 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold: 14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 18-pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounders
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounders

HMS Advice was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Sir Joseph Allin according to the 1706 Establishment of dimensions at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 8 July 1712.[1]

In 1744, she was renamed HMS Milford, and she was sold out of the navy in 1749.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 168.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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