Midshipman’s journals (2 volumes) by Waters aboard the LUCIA, BARHAM, BERWICK, SOMME and MEDWAY, 1929-1931.

Volume 1 – 1929-1930, Devonport to China. Includes technical drawings, watercolours of Chinese and other coasts, maps, also watercolour pictures including one depicting a junk. 280 pages.

Volume 2 – 1930-1931, covering voyage of the BERWICK / SOMME along Chinese Coast (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Wei Hai Wei). 240 pages. Contains ship plan of HMS BERWICK.

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ID:	WTS/29
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Waters, David Watkin
Places:	China
Date made:	1929-1931
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 box of 2 volumes
Parts:	Research and photographs relating to China and Chinese vessels. (Manuscript) Notes on origins and characteristics of Chinese craft. (Manuscript) (WTS/1) Notes and photographs concerning Chinese junks and sampans. (Manuscript) (WTS/2) Notes on a handbook of Chinese craft to be written by Dr W.J. Rees, Lieutenant Commander D.W. Waters and Winston Megoran, circa 1946. (Manuscript) (WTS/3) Notes on publications referring to junks and sampans, etc., plus lists of relevant plans in the Science Museum collection, circa 1947. (Manuscript) (WTS/4) Notes on yacht design and Chinese sails, circa 1947. (Manuscript) (WTS/5) Typescript sheets providing information on Chinese fisheries (from the Geographical Handbook Series). (Manuscript) (WTS/6) Drawings, plans and photogaphs of Singapore types of craft, circa1937. (Manuscript) (WTS/7) Drawings, plans and photographs of the Twaqo type of Singapore junk. (Manuscript) (WTS/8) Collection of material on Chinese craft; Hongkong and West River types. (Manuscript) (WTS/9) Collection of material on Chinese craft; Swatow and Amoy fishing vessels. (Manuscript) (WTS/10) Collection of material on Chinese craft; The Foochow trader. (Manuscript) (WTS/11) Collection of material on Chinese craft; Chekiang fishing vessels. (Manuscript) (WTS/12) Collection of material on Chinese craft; Chekiang junks. (Manuscript) (WTS/13) Collection of material on Chinese craft; The Hangchow Bay fisher and trader. (Manuscript) (WTS/14) Collection of material on Chinese craft; Tsing tao and Ta-Pu-To craft. (Manuscript) (WTS/15) Collection of material on Chinese craft; Some sampans of the N. China coast. (Manuscript) (WTS/16) Collection of material on Chinese craft; Northern fishing junks. (Manuscript) (WTS/17) Collection of material on Chinese craft; River craft. (Manuscript) (WTS/18) Collection of material on Chinese craft; 'Fair Notes Vol I', notes on construction and rigging with sketches. (Manuscript) (WTS/19) Collection of material on Chinese craft; 'Fair Notes Vol II', notes on construction and rigging with sketches. (Manuscript) (WTS/20) Photograph Albums - Chinese Junks 1938. (Manuscript) (WTS/21-24) Framed and glazed watercolour by Waters showing Hangchow Bay, Amoy and Ta-Pu-To types of Chinese craft, 1932. (Manuscript) (WTS/25) Photograph album containing photographs taken by Waters as a Naval Cadet 1929, and Midshipman early 1930. (Manuscript) (WTS/26) Four photograph albums relating to the BERWICK at the China Station, 1930-1931. (Manuscript) (WTS/27) Photograph album, Hong Kong, 1937, and loose photographs. (Manuscript) (WTS/28) Midshipman’s journals (2 volumes) by Waters aboard the LUCIA, BARHAM, BERWICK, SOMME and MEDWAY, 1929-1931. (Manuscript) (WTS/29)

Midshipman’s journals (2 volumes) by Waters aboard the LUCIA, BARHAM, BERWICK, SOMME and MEDWAY, 1929-1931.

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