Chinese Junks have been used since time immemorial along the Coast of China and the Pacific littoral lands but they were known to have travelled to Ceylon, India, the East African Coast and the Mid-East since A.D. 800. The ships were relatively small and numerous, travelling in fleets, and were occasionally joined by Korean and the Japanese trading ships.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne in 1403 as Emperor he commissioned his Admiral Cheng Ho to enlarge and multiply the capacities of the Longjiang ship yards east of Nanking that led to a revolution in ship building. For the first time, Chinese Junks of 490 ft length and weighing around and above 1500 tons were built and launched with great frequency to such an extent that by 1417 the Emperor's Navy had four independent fleets toatlling around 400 ships.
This was the first navy on the lines of today's navies where ships for victualling & man-o-wars were clearly assigned their duties and were one coherent fighting force. The Chinese navy under Cheng Ho that visited Cochin, Calicut, Galle, Sohar, Mombasa and many other ports repeatedly for trade and diplomacy. It successfully subdued the Mallaccan pirates and controlled the shipping lanes of South-East Asia in a manner akin to the navies of today.
All ships were made from timber from the Chinese and Vietnam forests and efficiently built on modern lines without the help of electricity, cranes or power tools as we know them today. This makes them all the more admirable. All ships had compatmentalised construction with numerous bulkheads to provide independent compartments ( in case of damage at sea), and were among the first to use rudders and efficient stellar navigation.
Alanzo 1 - Chinese Junk, Keel layed on Nov 15, 2004,
A luxury sailing ship inspired by the mighty junks of days gone by, is under construction at Classicraft's shipyard. It will carry several modern, state of the art features which are aimed at passenger & crew comfort and safety. Some of these features are listed below
Alanzo 1 Salient Features
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The hull will be airconditioned completely or have airconditioning in certain rooms only with general ventilation for the remaining areas. The design provides for it to be fully air-conditioned. |
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TThe craft will be equipped with sewage, freshwater and fuel tanks in hot-dip galvanised steel and marine-painted for long life. The drinking water tanks will be coated from inside with a food-grade epoxy for keeping water in original condition. The drinking water will be replenished with a desalination plant capable of upto 10,000 litres per day as per clients' requirements. |
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The boat will also equipped with an oily-water treatment plant, sewage treatment plant, generators, bow-thruster (forward), 6 capstans for sailmanagement, adequate forward and aft anchor-operational capacity, powerful bilge pumps on the machine deck (lowest deck) to enable efficient pumping out, powerful water pumps on the main deck for fire-fighting and two(2) main propulsion engines to afford 12 knots/hr under sea state 2. |
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The entire hull will be coated with fire-retardant epoxy from the interior and first grade epoxy from the exterior. The fire-retardant epoxy will provide the vital time required to activate the smoke sensors and fire control systems in the main control room. |
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*Note: Accessories shown may not be part of standard equipment. The Illustration shown is conceptual and hence may differ in detail from the actual product
Classicraft Marine Works reserves the right to make any changes in specification or design for technical, commercial or any other reasons
| Photo Gallery of ALANZO I Under construction at Classicrafts Nangla Bunder Shipyard |
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