A close view of the port bow of the Hong Kong fisher d.w. type junk M5282A 619HC on a slipway at Hong Kong

A close port bow view of the Hong Kong fisher d.w. type junk M5282A 619HC on a slipway at Hong Kong. Her port number 619HC is painted on the port side of the bow and her lug sails are stowed fore and aft. Men are working under the hull. 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. Negatives numbers P34131 to P34133, P34136 to P34138 and P34145 are of the same vessel.

Object Details

ID: P34136
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