This can surely only mean that the English ships had a deck amidships with a 6- to 8-foot clearance between the floor and deck-head.
Lento iqinisekisa ukuthi inqanawa zabamhlophe zazine platifomu embindini wenqanawa nesithandathu ukuya kwisibhozo isithuba senyawo phakathi komgangatho kunye nentloko yeplatifomu.