A starboard broadside view of Canton salt junk T592H anchored at Sham Sui Po, Hong Kong

A starboard broadside view of the Canton salt junk T592H anchored at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. She is fully laden and her fore and main sails are stowed fore and aft. Her port number T592H and the number 1575 are painted on the starboard side of her bow and the number 405 is painted amidships. Other junks and a fopur storey flat roofed building 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 P34187 to P34193 inclusive, P34240 and P34241 are of this vessel.

Object Details

ID: P34241
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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