A Twaqo type junk under construction in a boatyard at Singapore

Inside the hull of a Twaqo type junk under construction in a boatyard at Singapore. The photographer is looking forward from the centreline showing the vessel with the lower frames and many of the side frames in place. The swim-headed bow is partially planked. The frames are made of a mix of sawn and prepared timber and rough cut tree branches. 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: P33962
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
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