Some English ships still had mixed armaments on a gun deck

The 4th Rate Newcastle, in June 1666, still had a mixed armament on the lower tier. The lower tier had 10-demi-cannon (32pdr) and 12-culverins (18pdr). The upper tier was a uniform 22-demi-culverins (9pdr). The quarterdeck was armed with 6-sakers (5-1/4pdr). The Newcastle had been built at Radcliffe, in 1653, as part of the First Anglo-Dutch War building program. At the Four Days Battle, her captain was Thomas Page, and her assigned crew was 200 men. The Newcastle is one of the few ships from this period for which we know a gun deck length. Her dimensions were:

• length on the gundeck: 131ft
• length on the keel: 108ft
• beam outside of the planking: 33ft-1in
• depth in hold: 13ft-2in
• burden: 628-71/94 tons