‘A boat employed to bring intelligence,’ J.; a dispatch-boat; called also shortly an advice. See ADVICE 8, 9, and ADVISO.
1668. Lond. Gaz., ccxxxviii/3. All these Men of War are to be attended by a proportionable number of Galliots, Advice Boats, and Victuallers.
1790. Beatson, Nav. & Mil. Mem., I. 384. While on this station, he took an advice boat from Old Spain.
1798. Ld. St. Vincent, in Nicolas’s Disp. (1845), III. 27. A good Sparonara or Felucca … will serve for an Advice-boat during the summer months.
