On board a Tongkung type junk which is being built at Singapore.

On board a Tongkung type junk which is being built on a slip at Singapore. The photographer is in the hold looking forward into the bow showing the fully framed hull but the internal and external hull planking is not complete. The photographer was at Singapore on four occasions during 1937 and 1938: 9 April to 1 May 1937, 13 January to 26 February 1938, 9 March to 23 March 1938 and 17 September to 30 September 1938.

Object Details

ID: P33929
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Tongkung type
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection