A port broadside view of the kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon

A port broadside view of the Indian kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. She has awnings rigged amidships and aft and a small boat is alongside amidships. Other kotias and the Royal Navy heavy cruiser Cumberland (1926) are in the background. The photographer was taking passage in the Cumberland (1926) from Singapore to the U.K. at the time.

Object Details

ID: P34285
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Cumberland (1926); Karimi (fl.1938)
Date made: 4 to 6 October1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection
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