The stern of a peaked stern Twaqo type junk berthed alongside at Singapore

A close view of the port quarter of a peaked stern Twaqo type junk alongside a berth at Singapore. The stern is covered with painted decorations, the rudder is perforated and the rudder post and tiller are inside the transom. The upper part of the mizzen mast is out of the picture. 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. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P33971
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