On board an Aberdeen fisher d.w. type junk at Hong Kong

On board an Aberdeen fisher d.w. type junk berthed at Hong Kong. The photographer is on the port side of the waist forward of the mainmast looking forward and slightly to starboard showing the forecastle, the anchor windlass and the lower part of the foremast. A small boy is standing by the port bulwark. Many fisher type junks are in the background. 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 P34161 to P34163 are on board the same vessel on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P34163
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Aberdeen type
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection
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