A trot of Hong Kong fisher type junks drying sails at Aberdeen, Hong Kong

A trot of Hong Kong fisher type junks drying their foresails at Aberdeen, Hong Kong. The junks are lying abreast of each other anchored stern-on to the shore and there are a few sampans with them. The photographer is looking along the line of bows from off the starboard bow. The photographer was in the area in the following periods: 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: P34111
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Hong Kong type
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection
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