On board an Antung trader type junk under sail at Weihaiwei

On board an Antung trader type junk under sail at Weihaiwei. The photographer is looking forward along the port side showing a crew member using a skulling oar up forward. She has a deck cargo covered with matting. In the background is the Royal Navy light cruiser Birmingham (1936). The photographer 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. The Birmingham was only there between 10 June and 4 September 1938.

Object Details

ID: P34417
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Antung type; Birmingham (1936)
Date made: June to September 1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection