Hello John

In the library you find the book "Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze". On page 364 there is a plan of a Lorcha and some description. Also in the library there is the book "Ships of China". On page 33 there is a beautiful drawing of a Lorcha.

Alex

Hi John, a good source for you is Audemard’s Jonques Chinoises (Chinese Junks) which I bet is available on the internet somewhere - there is a Spanish translation at https://archive.org/details/juncos-chineses/page/14/mode/1up?q=Lorcha 

from which I got the images attached here

There are also some illustrations in Mast and Sail in Europe and Asia (Warrington Smith) available here https://archive.org/details/mastsailineurope0000wari/page/560/mode/1up?q=Lorcha 

but these are not likely to be of great use, I fear

Here are some historical images, John, but also some images from a website that seems to have a Lorcha in Portugal still in the water.  Best

Hi John, 

Here's a photo of a page from the catalogue of the Maze Collection of Chinese junk models in the Science Museum, London. The collection is no longer exhibited in the Museum; it's been put into storage elsewhere. The curator responsible has told me researchers may apply for access to the collection.

Good luck!

Asmat