So, what do we know about the Friesland ship, the Sneek?

The Sneek was a brand new ship built at Harlingen in 1666. Because of manning issues, she left behind and did not participate in the Four Days Battle. She is usually referred to as a 66 gun ship, but Frank Fox says that she carried 65 guns at the St. James' Day Battle, where she was lost. Her crew was 326 men. Some slightly older Frisian ships, the Prins Hendrik Casimir and Groot-Frisia both carried 72 guns and had dimensions 150ft x 40ft x 14ft (or 14-1/2ft). Presumably, with only 66 guns (nominally), the Sneek would have been smaller. These are actually small for 72 gun ships. Most contemporaries were over 150ft in length. I would guess that the Sneek was similar to the Deventer (66 guns) built in1666, although by Amsterdam. We have to guess somewhat, but think that the Deventer was about 148ft x 38ft x 14ft, and the Sneek was probably near to that in size, as well.