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Body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Advice
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Advice
Ordered	30 March 1744
Builder	Rowcliffe, Southampton
Launched	26 February 1745
Fate	Broken up, 1756
General characteristics
Class and type	1741 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	983
Length	140 ft (42.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam	40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 2+1⁄2 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 24-pounders Upper gundeck: 22 × 12-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 at Southampton to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 26 February 1745.

Advice served until she was broken up in 1756.

Notes

1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 172.

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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