On board a five masted Ta-Pu-To trader type junk under sail off Weihaiwei

On board a five masted Ta-Pu-To trader type junk while under sail off Weihaiwei. The photographer is on the waist looking forward and slightly to starboard showing the base of the mainmast, a capstan and a large rope stowed against the bulwark. The main halyard? is connected to the capstan. Lug sails are set on each mast. The photographer's ship was at Weihaiwei in the periods 3 June to 21 July 1937, 14 to 17 August 1937, 6 September to 7 October 1937, 8 June to 12 August 1938 and 20 August to 4 September 1938. Negatives numbers P34355 to P34362 inclusive are on board the same vessel.

Object Details

ID: P34357
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Ta-Pu-To type
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection