Editing Ship (section)

==== Asian developments ====
[[File:Japanese-Tokugawa-Ship-Ataka-Maru.png|thumb|right|A Japanese [[atakebune]] from the 16th century]]
During the 15th century, China's [[Ming dynasty]] assembled one of the largest and most powerful naval fleets in the world for the [[Ming treasure voyages|diplomatic and power projection voyages]] of [[Zheng He]]. Elsewhere in Japan in the 15th century, one of the world's first iron-clads, "Tekkōsen" ([[:ja:鉄甲船|鉄甲船]]), literally meaning "iron ships",<ref>{{Cite book |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |title=Samurai Warfare |publisher=Cassell & Co |year=1996 |isbn=1-85409-280-4 |location=London |pages=102}}</ref> was also developed. In Japan, during the [[Sengoku era]] from the 15th century to 17th century, the great struggle for feudal supremacy was fought, in part, by coastal fleets of several hundred boats, including the [[atakebune]]. In Korea, in the early 15th century during the [[Joseon]] era, "[[Turtle ship|Geobukseon]]"(거북선), was developed.

The empire of [[Majapahit]] used large ships called [[Jong (ship)|jong]], built in northern Java, for transporting troops overseas.<ref>{{cite book |title=Empire of the Winds: The Global Role of Asia's Great Archipelago|last=Bowring|first=Philip|publisher=I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd|place=London, New York|date=2019|isbn=9781788314466}}</ref>{{rp|115}} The jongs were transport ships which could carry 100–2000 tons of cargo and 50–1000 people, 28.99–88.56 meter in length.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Averoes|first=Muhammad|date=2022|title=Re-Estimating the Size of Javanese Jong Ship|journal=HISTORIA: Jurnal Pendidik Dan Peneliti Sejarah|volume=5|issue=1|pages=57–64|doi=10.17509/historia.v5i1.39181|s2cid=247335671|url=https://archive.org/details/size-of-javanese-jong|doi-access=free}}</ref>{{Rp|60–62}} The exact number of jong fielded by Majapahit is unknown, but the largest number of jong deployed in an expedition is about 400 jongs, when Majapahit attacked Pasai, in 1350.<ref name=":23">Hill (June 1960). "[[iarchive:hikayat-raja-raja-pasai/page/2/mode/2up|Hikayat Raja-Raja Pasai]]". ''Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society''. '''33''': p. 98 and 157: "Then he directed them to make ready all the equipment and munitions of war needed for an attack on the land of Pasai – about four hundred of the largest junks, and also many barges (malangbang) and galleys." See also Nugroho (2011). p. 270 and 286, quoting ''Hikayat Raja-Raja Pasai'', 3: 98: "''Sa-telah itu, maka di-suroh baginda musta'idkan segala kelengkapan dan segala alat senjata peperangan akan mendatangi negeri Pasai itu, sa-kira-kira empat ratus jong yang besar-besar dan lain daripada itu banyak lagi daripada malangbang dan kelulus''." (After that, he is tasked by His Majesty to ready all the equipment and all weapons of war to come to that country of Pasai, about four hundred large jongs and other than that much more of malangbang and kelulus.)</ref>