Other Ships With Junk Rig
There were two types of traditional ships with Junk Rig in the Malay Archipelago with local hulls instead of the Chinese Junk hull.
- Tongkang or "Tong'kang". A light boat used commonly in the early 19th century to carry goods along rivers.
- Twakow, a type of vessel with one mast and junk rig. They were a common sight in the Singapore river in the mid 19th century.
Among the ships used on the coast of China:
- Lorcha, a light Chinese sailing vesssel. This ship combined a western-style hull of Portuguese influence, with Chinese-style mast and sail. The lorcha were found in the Gulf of Siam and in Philippine waters as well. The Vũng Tàu shipwreck consists in the remains of a late 17th century lorcha from the South China Sea off the islands of Con Dao about 160 km from Vũng Tàu, Vietnam.
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