1. The Birching was usually done early morning on the lower gun deck

2. The gun deck on a military vessel fired their cannons simultaneously, in a battery.

3. The snow can carry 6pd cannons or 18pd Carronades on her gun deck, on her weather deck she can carry 6pd cannons or 12pd Carronades

4. A frigate captain rarely has to worry about his gun deck taking on water, and can therefore fight in conditions that leave bigger ships at a disadvantage. Sentencedict.com

5. HMS Victory used the two 68-pounder Carronades which she carried on her forecastle to great effect at the Battle of Trafalgar, clearing the gun deck of the Bucentaure by firing a round shot and a keg of 500 musket balls through the Bucentaure's stern windows.