HMS Advice (1712)

HMS Advice (1712)
HMS Advice (1712)
Name:	HMS Advice
Builder:	Allin, Deptford Dockyard
Launched:	8 July 1712
Renamed:	HMS Milford, 1744
Fate:	Sold, 1749
General characteristics
Class & type:	1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	714 long tons (725.5 t)
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 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs; Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs;

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Advice.

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[]

↑ ^1.0 ^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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[Lavery,_SoLv1_p168-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 168.

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