Photos of original junks and dhows (from 1930s)
David Watkin Waters RN FSA FRHistS FRIN (2 August 1911 – 28 November 2012) was a British naval officer, historian of navigation,
and naval historian, who served as deputy director of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1971–1978
llness delayed completion of his education at Dartmouth, but in 1929 he eventually joined the battleship HMS Barham (04) as a cadet. In 1930, he was assigned to the cruiser HMS Berwick (65) serving on the China Station, where he became interested in the Chinese Junk. Returning to Home waters, he was promoted to lieutenant in 1934 in HMS Achilles (70). In 1935, he commenced training as a Fleet Air Arm pilot. Upon completion of his training, he became adjutant of 824 Naval Air Squadron. He returned to the Far East in the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle. During this period, he resumed his study of the Chinese Junk and published several papers on the subject as well as commissioned a local carpenter at Weihaiwei to make scale models. In 1936, the Admiralty Awdred Waters the Admiralty Gold Medal for Naval History. In 1939, he donated two of these models to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
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The NMM has a huge collection of more than 600 photos made by Waters during his time in this area - so everybody who wants to build a model of a chinese junk or an indian dhow etc. should take a closer look into this collection
- often technical details, but also the life on board and the people
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David Watkin Waters RN FSA FRHistS FRIN (2 August 1911 – 28 November 2012) was a British naval officer, historian of navigation,
and naval historian, who served as deputy director of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1971–1978
llness delayed completion of his education at Dartmouth, but in 1929 he eventually joined the battleship HMS Barham (04) as a cadet. In 1930, he was assigned to the cruiser HMS Berwick (65) serving on the China Station, where he became interested in the Chinese Junk. Returning to Home waters, he was promoted to lieutenant in 1934 in HMS Achilles (70). In 1935, he commenced training as a Fleet Air Arm pilot. Upon completion of his training, he became adjutant of 824 Naval Air Squadron. He returned to the Far East in the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle. During this period, he resumed his study of the Chinese Junk and published several papers on the subject as well as commissioned a local carpenter at Weihaiwei to make scale models. In 1936, the Admiralty Awdred Waters the Admiralty Gold Medal for Naval History. In 1939, he donated two of these models to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
David Watkin Waters - Wikipedia
The NMM has a huge collection of more than 600 photos made by Waters during his time in this area - so everybody who wants to build a model of a chinese junk or an indian dhow etc. should take a closer look into this collection
- often technical details, but also the life on board and the people
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