Junks

Commandeering four civilian Chinese junks along the river, they loaded all their wounded and remaining supplies onto them and pulled them along with ropes from the riverbanks.

I shouldn't have collected those useless junks and put them into some warehouse, assuming nobody needs them any more.

Major battles were fought such as those at Ty-ho Bay and the Tonkin River though pirate junks continued operating off China for years more.

Percival released the hostages after two days, attempting to show good faith towards the Mandarin, who had demanded their return. citation During a storm, the three junks escaped upriver; a detachment of Marines pursued and recaptured them.

The New Encyclopædia Britannica, p357 Rebellion, unrest and external pressure British Steamship destroying Chinese war junks (E.