A close view of the mainmast step on board a Shantung open stern trader type junk moored at Weihaiwei

A close-up view of the base of the mainmast on a Shantung open stern trader type junk moored at Weihaiwei. The photographer is looking aft and down showing how the foot of the mainmast is fitted into the mast box. 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. A vertical format negative. See also negative number P34503.

Object Details

ID: P34505
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Shantung type
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection