A viewer contrasts the Mary Rose's mixed sea and land weapons with a smaller 1592 wreck carrying a uniform battery. That pattern is more plausible on small ships than on large ones. A compact vessel required fewer guns of each type and could therefore be equipped consistently. Larger warships were more likely to accept the assorted weapons that manufacture and stores could supply.
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Why smaller early warships could standardize guns first
A comparison of early wrecks suggests that small warships could carry uniform batteries while larger vessels still took a mixture of available guns.