An Aberdeen fisher d.w. type junk on a slipway at Hong Kong

A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of an Aberdeen fisher d.w. type junk on a slipway at Hong Kong. She is a three masted vessel and her lug sails are stowed fore and aft. A similar craft is on the adjoining slip. 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: P34144
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Aberdeen type
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection
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