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The naval history of China dates back thousands of years, with archives existing since the late Spring and Autumn period regarding the Chinese navy and the various ship types employed in wars. [1] The Ming dynasty of China was the leading global maritime power between 1400 and 1433, when Chinese shipbuilders built massive ocean-going junks and ...
A Chinese treasure ship (simplified Chinese: 宝船; traditional Chinese: 寶船; pinyin: bǎochuán, literally "gem ship" [14]) is a type of large wooden Chinese junk in the fleet of admiral Zheng He, who led seven voyages during the early 15th-century Ming dynasty.
Junks in Guangzhou, photograph c. 1880 by Lai Afong. A junk (Chinese: 船; pinyin: chuán) is a type of Chinese sailing ship characterized by a central rudder, an overhanging flat transom, watertight bulkheads, and a flat-bottomed design.
This is a list of Chinese naval vessels from the Qing Dynasty to the end of World War II (1644-1945), including vessels of the Imperial Chinese Navy (1875-1912), the Republican Beiyang Fleet (1912-1928) and the Republic of China Navy (1924-1945):
Ming China promoted alternative nodes as a strategy to establish control over the maritime network. [207] For instance, Chinese involvement was a crucial factor for ports such as Malacca (in Southeast Asia), Cochin (on the Malabar Coast), and Malindi (on the Swahili Coast) to grow as key contenders to other important and established ports.
Han and Tang dynasty Chinese records also indicate that the early Chinese Buddhist pilgrims to South Asia booked passage with the Austronesian ships (which they called the k'un-lun po) that traded in the Chinese port city of Guangzhou. Books written by Chinese monks like Wan Chen and Hui-Lin contain detailed accounts of the large trading ...
MER PLC had a joint venture with the Guangzhou branch of the Chinese Salvage Company. The ship is 30.4 m (100 ft) long, 9.8 m (32 ft) wide, and 3.5 m (11 ft) in height (excluding the mast). It is the biggest ship of its kind to be found. [1] It was the first ancient vessel discovered on the Maritime Silk Road. According to the head of the ...
A Chinese paddle-wheel ship from a Qing dynasty encyclopedia published in 1726 Modern reconstruction of a Tang dynasty paddle-wheel ship at the Macau Maritime Museum. Qianli chuan (Chinese: 千里船; pinyin: qiānlǐchuán; lit. 'thousand league boat' [1] [2]) were paddle wheel boats used in medieval China.