A bow view of a Kowloon Bay small fisher type junk (or sampan) beached in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong

A bow view of a Kowloon Bay small fisher type junk (or sampan) on shore parallel to the water in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. She is two masted and her lug sails are stowed fore and aft. Her port number T130H is painted either side of the flat bow. Other fishing sampans or small junks are on the right and a flat roofed building with balconies is on the left.. 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. Negatives numbers P34553 to P34557 inclusive are of the same vessel taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P34553
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