A port broadside of the Twaqo type junk Yung Hoe at anchor in Singapore harbour
A port broadside view of the peaked stern Twaqo type junk Yung Hoe while she is anchored at Singapore. The vessel is of the two masted type and is registered at Singapore with the port number 2918. The Yung Hoe has occuli at the bow. The lug sails are stowed fore and aft and the top of the mainmast 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.
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Object Details
ID: | P33985 |
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Type: | Rolled film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Waters, David Watkin |
Places: | China |
Vessels: | Twaqo type; Yung Hoe |
Date made: | 1937-1938 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection |