A starboard broadside view of the sampan numbered 1170 being sculled at Shanghai

A starboard near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the sampan number 1170 being sculled at Shanghai. The sampan has a shelter amidships on which her number is displayed. 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.

Object Details

ID: P34463
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection