Junk Rig - Other Ships With Junk Rig

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.