A port quarter view of a Kowloon Bay float type sampan at the shore line in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong

A port quarter view of a Kowloon Bay float type sampan drawn up to the shore line in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. She is single masted with a cover over her waist and a matting awning rigged aft. She has a skulling oar and a steering oar laid in the boat. The top of her mast is out of the picture. A small two masted junk is alongside her. The photographer was in the area in the following periods: 6 to 28 May 1937; 14 October 1937 to 8 January 1938; 14 April to 4 June 1938 and 8 to 12 September 1938.

Object Details

ID: P34552
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Kowloon Bay type
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection