A starboard quarter view of a Swatow trader type junk anchored at Swatow

A starboard quarter view of a Swatow trader type junk anchored at Swatow. She is two masted, has a single lug sail stowed fore and aft on her foremast and her mainsail is being stowed by three crew members on her main boom. 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. A cargo steamer, possibly in the colours of Wo Fat Sing Ltd, is alongside a wharf in the background. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P34219
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Swatow type
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection