Juanga (ship)

A large Dutch kora-kora with mainsail, armed with several swivel guns.
1890 illustration by Rafael Monleón of a late 19th-century Iranun lanong warship with three banks of oars under full sail

A juanga or joanga refers to large-sized kora-kora, karakoa and lanong.[1][2] They are used all throughout the Philippines and Eastern Indonesia, in Maluku smaller versions were popular and are still used to this day (Kora-kora). They are propelled by oars but are not used for carrying cargo.[3]

  1. ^ Horridge (1982). p. 37 and 70.
  2. ^ Mallari (1989). p. 424.
  3. ^ Poesponegoro (1981). p. 114.

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