Advice was the second named vessel since it was used for a 9-gun pinnace launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1586 and sold in 1617.

[Note 5][2] She was commissioned in 1650 under the command of Captain George Dawkins (until 1652) for the west coast of England.

[2] She partook in the Battle of Kentish Knock under the command of Captain Dawkins on 28 September 1652.

[8] Later in 1653 she came under Captain Jeremy Smith for the Battle of the Gabbard where she was a member of Red Squadron, Center Division on 2–3 June 1653.

[9] At the Battle of Scheveningen on 31 July 1653 she was a member on Red Squadron, Center Division.

[10] In the fall of 1653 she was under Captain Francis Allen (until 1660) and cruised the Dutch coast during the winter of 1653/54.

[2] On 3 June 1666 she partook in the Battle of Lowestoft as a member of White Squadron, Rear Division.

She partook in the St James Day Battle on 25 July 1666 as a member of Blue Squadron, Rear Division.

[12] She followed this with the attack on Dutch shipping in the River Vile (Holmes Bonfire) on the evening of 9–10 August 1666.

[20] In 1693 Captain Charles Hawkins took command and sailed to the West Indies with Wheeler's Squadron.

She was ordered to be rebuilt on 24 May 1698 at Woolwich Dockyard under the guidance of Master Shipwright Fisher Harding.

In August 1705 she was under Captain John Lowen until his court-martial on 27 December 1706, for service in Maryland.

On 27 June 1711, while lying in Yarmouth Roads, Advice was attacked by five privateers flying French colours.

The French ships lay off Advice's quarter, relieving each other as necessary, and caused a great deal of damage to the sails and rigging.

Despite their resistance, Captain Lord Duffus was forced to surrender after two thirds of his crew had been killed or wounded, and he having taken a total of five musket balls to various parts of his body.