Quote Originally Posted by Archpaladin Zousha View Post
Which would win in a sea fight: a galleon or a junk?
Well, "junk" is a pretty broad term, encompassing a wide range of tonnages, but to my limited understanding of Chinese shipbuilding, they were not built with the same goal of "make cannons occupy as much of the ship's outer surface as possible" as galleons and later European ships of the line. Others can expound upon the subject more, but I believe Chinese cannon were also usually smaller and less powerful than most Western cannons. Consequently, in a straight-up gun duel, I'd be inclined to favor galleons by virtue of sheer firepower in a match of roughly equal tonnage.