British Sixth Rate ship 'Advice Prize' (1704)

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Advice Prize
Nominal Guns	18	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer ship 'Le Saint Sulplice' (1703) (18) 1703-1704 French 18 Gun Privateer Ship
Captured	20.5.1704	B028
First Commissioned	19.6.1704	B028
Shipyard	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Category	Sixth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Sold	10.4.1712	B028

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck82' 0"Imperial Feet24.9936
Length of Keel63' 0"Imperial Feet19.2024
Breadth24' 6"Imperial Feet7.3533
Depth in Hold10' 7"Imperial Feet3.2258
Burthen201 ¹⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1704Broadside Weight = 36 Imperial Pound ( 16.326 kg)BWAS-1603
Gun Deck18 British 4-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
170490 BWAS-1603

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
23.6.1704 - 11.9.1705Commander ADM 6/8/83BWAS-160312.9.1705 - 10.12.1711Commander ADM 6/9/33
Confirmed 20.12.1706BWAS-1603

5 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
27.6.1704 - 1.3.1704/5Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/8/83ADM 6/82.3.1704/5 - 20.9.1706Lieutenant ADM 6/8/159ADM 6/821.9.1706 - 16.3.1706/7Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/9/31
Confirmed 4.12.1706ADM 6/917.3.1706/7 - 9.12.1707Lieutenant ADM 6/9/57ADM 6/910.12.1707 - 10.12.1711Lieutenant ADM 6/9/158
Confirmed 14.4.1708ADM 6/9

Service History

DateEventSource
19.6.1704RegisteredBWAS-1603
1705To BarbadosBWAS-1603
1707To NewfoundlandBWAS-1603
1708In the North SeaBWAS-1603
10.4.1712Sold to John Evans for £140BWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/8 Archive

ADM 6/9 Archive

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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