A stern view of a Swatow trader type junk at anchor off a wharf at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong

A stern view of a Swatow trader type junk anchored near a wharf at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. She is a three masted vessel and her mizzen mast is lashed in the starboard corner of the poop. Her lug sails are stowed. Her rudder board is angled to starboard. Buildings on a stone wharf 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.

Object Details

ID: P34230
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