A starboard side view of the Ta-Pu-To trader type junk 650 anchored at Tsingtao

A starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the four masted Ta-Pu-To trader type junk 650 anchored at Tsingtao. She has a large awning rigged above the waist, an occuli on the bow and her port number painted twice on her hull. The tops of her masts and her stern are out of the picture. In the background is a trader junk fitted with leeboards and her port number is 1521. The photographer's ship was at Tsingtau in the periods 22 July to 13 August 1937 and 17 August to 5 September 1937. Negatives numbers P34348 to P34351 inclusive are of this vessel.

Object Details

ID: P34348
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Ta-Pu-To type
Date made: July to September 1937
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection