Two Yeungkong fisher type junks under sail at Aberdeen, Hong Kong

A slightly distant stern view of two Yeungkong fisher type junks under sail at Aberdeen, Hong Kong. The photographer is fine off the port quarter and both junks are three masted with single lug sails set on each mast.. The vessel on the right has an additional piece of canvas projecting over the stern. Other junks are in the background. 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.

Object Details

ID: P34082
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Yeungkong type
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection