We have been discussing Amsterdam's reduction to the First Anglo-Dutch War building program

In November 1652, shortly before the Battle of Dungeness, Lt-Admiral Tromp had proposed building 30 pretty large ships. Dr. Elias had the following table:

Admiralty   150ftx38ftx15ft  140ftx36ftx14.5ft  134ftx34ftx14ft

Rotterdam       1                2                  2
Amsterdam       2                4                  4
Zeeland         1                2                  2
Noorderkwartier 1                2                  2
Friesland       1                2                  2

This was quashed, mainly by the Amsterdam Board. The reasons are rather complex, but at least in part, they had a concern about being able to get large ships over the Pampus bar, at the entry to Amsterdam. The North Sea, and the coastal waters are shallow, and that might have also been a factor (by 1664, all those concerns were ignored). Carl Stapel suggested that another factor was that there was sufficient dislike of Tromp, that the immediate reaction would be to reject any suggestion that Tromp made. Carl also says that Amsterdam opposed a standing fleet and wanted only convoyers built. The senior naval officers, fortunately, embraced a battlefleet policy, such as that advocated by Mahan. There was also a continuing attachment to the frigate type that they admiralties had been building. There was a great deal of resistence to building English-style capital ships, such as the Vrijheid (which carried a lower tier of 18pdr guns, instead of 12pdrs). I have also wondered if Amsterdam was reluctant to spend money, and that might have been another factor. In the event, considerably smaller ships were included in the two 30-ship programs, at least nominally. In reality, there were a few larger ships built than had been originally authorized. Dr. Elias gave a final table, divided into four phases:

Admiralty       150ft  146ft  140ft  136ft  134ft  131.5ft  130ft

Phase I         

Rotterdam                                            1
Amsterdam                                     1      1
Zeeland                                               
Noorderkwartier                                      1
Friesland                                            1

Phase II

Admiralty       150ft  146ft  140ft  136ft  134ft  131.5ft  130ft       
                                        
Amsterdam                1      1                     
Zeeland                                       1               1

Phase III

Admiralty       150ft  146ft  140ft  136ft  134ft  131.5ft  130ft        

Rotterdam         1                           2               1
Amsterdam                       2      2                      6
Zeeland                                1                      4
Noorderkwartier                        2                      3
Friesland                              2                      3                                       

Phase III

Admiralty       150ft  146ft  140ft  136ft  134ft  131.5ft  130ft        

Rotterdam         1                                           4
Amsterdam                              4                      6
Noorderkwartier                        2                      3
Friesland                              2                      3                                       

Total             2      1      3     15      4       4      35

As you can see, a great many smaller ships and only a relatively few larger ships were built. The largest group other than the smaller, 130ft ships were those of 136ft in length. That was a newer, intermediate type. Sources:

1. Johan E. Elias, De Vlootbouw in Nederland 1596-1655, 1933