A bow view of a cargo sampan under sail in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong
A bow view, taken from very fine off the starboard bow, of a Tolo Harbour cargo sampan under sail in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong. She has a single lug sail set on a pole mast, a lug sail set on a short pole foremast and a square stunsail set to port on a yard suspended from the mainmast with a boom at the bottom of it. A matting shelter is aft of the mainmast and she has a crew of two. The photographer was in the area on four occasions: 6 to 28 May 1937; 14 October 1937 to 8 January 1938; 14 April to 4 June 1938 and 8 to 12 September 1938.
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Object Details
ID: | P34064 |
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Type: | Rolled film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Waters, David Watkin |
Places: | China |
Date made: | 1937-1938 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection |