On board a Hong Kong fisher d.w. type junk under construction at Hong Kong

Inside the hull of a Hong Kong fisher d.w. type junk under construction on a slip at Hong Kong. The photographer is on the centreline amidships looking forward showing the completed framing and the hull partly planked. None of the knees or deck beams are in position. The image is very slightly unsharp. 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. Negative number P34127 is a similar but poorer quality view.

Object Details

ID: P34128
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