A stern view of the small Kowloon Bay fisher type junk (or sampan) T130H beached at Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong

A stern view of the small Kowloon Bay fisher type junk (or sampan) T130H on shore parallel to the water in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. She is two masted and the lug sails are stowed fore and aft. She has an open stern and her large rudder board is angled to port. A flat roofed building with balconies is on the right. 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: P34557
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