Lorcha
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Model of a Lorcha in Macau
A Lorcha is a sailing ship with a European hull and Chinese rigging . The ship was mainly used by British traders after the First Opium War . The Second Opium War is also known as the Lorcha War .
Examples
- Vung Tau shipwreck , a Chinese shipwreck of the Qing dynasty ( Kangxi period around 1690), which was found in 1989 off the island of Hòn Cau , Côn Đảo islands, and from which Mike Hatcher made about 60,000 artifacts in1990–92, mainly Chinese porcelain were recovered.