HMS Advice (1712)

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NameHMS Advice
BuilderAllin, Deptford Dockyard
Launched8 July 1712
RenamedHMS Milford, 1744
FateSold, 1749
General characteristics [1]
Class and type 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen714 bm
Length130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold14 ft (4.3 m)
PropulsionSails
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 Joseph Allin the elder 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 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 168.

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