A stern view of a Canton salt junk dried out on a grid at Shaukiwan, Hong Kong
A stern view of a Canton salt junk dried out on a grid at Shaukiwan, Hong Kong. All of her masts appear to have been unshipped and her rudder has been taken out and laid flat on the beach. Sampans are in the water close by and a three storey flat roofed building is on the left. 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 P34184 shows the rudder of this vessel.
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Object Details
ID: | P34183 |
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Type: | Rolled film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Waters, David Watkin |
Places: | China |
Vessels: | Canton Salt Junk |
Date made: | 1937-1938 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection |
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