A starboard quarter view of the Lorcha type junk 1438 moored at Shanghai

A starboard quarter view, taken from fine of the starboard quarter, of the Lorcha type junk 1438 mooring at Shanghai. Her sails are stowed and she is manoeuvring alongside the Foochow pole junk 4573. She has a boat suspended from beams over the stern and her accommodation ladder is stowed on the starboard quarter. The photographer's ship was in Northern Chinese waters in the periods 3 June to 10 October 1937 and 8 June to 4 September 1938. A vertical format negative. Negatives numbers P34449 and P34453 are also of this vessel.

Object Details

ID: P34451
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Lorcha type
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection