The after part of a Canton salt junk anchored at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong

A port side view of the after part of a Canton salt junk anchored at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. The photographer is looking to starboard and slightly forward from just abaft the stern showing the mizzen sail stowed fore and aft, the large perforated rudder and the boat suspended under outriggers at the stern. A counter-sterned steamship and a flat roofed four storey 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.

Object Details

ID: P34243
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