Inside the stern on board a Twaqo type junk at Singapore

A close view of the rudder post of a peaked stern Twaqo type junk alongside a berth at Singapore. The photographer is on board the vessel looking aft and to starboard at the rudder post which is inside the transom. The square hole for the tiller is clear to see. 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: P33974
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