A stern view of a Swatow type junk sailing past the aircraft carrier Eagle (1918) at Swatow

A slightly distant stern view of a Swatow type junk sailing past the aircraft carrier Eagle (1918) at Swatow. The photographer is on the starboard side of the Eagle (1918) looking aft. The junk has single lug sails set on both masts and is trailing a line over the port quarter. 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 vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P34221
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
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