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 aft along the starboard side from abaft the foredeck showing a matting covered shelter ahead of the mainmast and a large deckhouse abaft the mainmast. A small sampan is alongside. In the background is the Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Belgol (1917). 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.

Object Details

ID: P34420
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Antung type; Belgol (1917)
Date made: June to September 1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection