HMS Advice (1712)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Advice.
Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Advice
Builder: Allin, Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 8 July 1712
Renamed: HMS Milford, 1744
Fate: Sold, 1749
General characteristics [1]
Class and 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.