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HMS Advice

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Advice:

  • English ship Advice (1586) was a 9-gun full-rigged pinnace launched in 1586 and sold in 1617.
  • HMS Advice (1650) was a 40-gun fourth rate Elizabeth-class frigate launched in 1650, and captured by French privateers in 1711.
  • HMS Advice (1712) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1712. She was renamed HMS Milford in 1744, and was sold in 1749.
  • HMS Advice (1745) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1746, and broken up in 1756.
  • HMS Advice (1779) was a 10-gun cutter purchased in 1779, and wrecked in 1793.
  • HMS Advice (1796) was a 4-gun cutter launched in 1796 and last listed in 1799.
  • HMS Advice (1800) was an advice boat launched in 1800 and sold in 1805.
  • HMS Advice (1837) was a paddle packet ship launched for the GPO as Vixen in 1823. She was transferred to the Navy in 1837 and was sold in 1870.

See also

  • HMS Advice Prize

References

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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