On board a Twaqo two masted type junk at Singapore

On board a Twaqo two masted type junk berthed bow-on to the shore at Singapore looking forward from inside the hold showing the forecastle deck and the heel of the main mast. A dismantled windlass is on the starboard side of the forecastle. 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: P33957
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Twaqo type
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection