A Tongkung type junk under sail off Singapore

A distant starboard broadside side view of a Tongkung type junk under sail off Singapore. She has a ketch rig and is carrying a full suite of sails including a flying jib, an inner jib and a staysail. Her mainsail is loose-footed and the mizzen sail is attached to a boom. 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: P33945
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