A close view of the foremast and yard of an Indian kotia type dhow at Colombo, Ceylon

A close view of the foremast and yard of an Indian kotia type dhow at Colombo, Ceylon. The photographer is looking up from the forecastle deck of the vessel showing the stoed sail. A crewman is up on the mainyard in the lower right of the picture. The photographer was taking passage on the Royal Navy heavy cruiser Cumberland (1926) from Singapore to the U.K. at the time.

Object Details

ID: P34298
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Kotia type
Date made: 4 - 6 October 1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection