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A Tongkung type junk under sail off Singapore
A distant starboard broadside side view of a Tongkung type junk under sail off Singapore. She has a ketch rig and is carrying a full suite of sails including a flying jib, an inner jib and a staysail. Her mainsail is loose-footed and the mizzen sail is attached to a boom. The photographer was at Singapore on four occasions during 1937 and 1938: 9 April to 1 May 1937, 13 January to 26 February 1938, 9 March to 23 March 1938 and 17 September to 30 September 1938.
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Object Details
| ID: | P33945 |
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| Type: | Rolled film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Waters, David Watkin |
| Places: | China |
| Vessels: | Tongkung type |
| Date made: | 1937-1938 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection |