Chinese junks in Aberdeen Harbour by Commander Ralph Binney, R.N., June 1929

Commander Ralph Binney (1888-1944), Royal Navy, was an active watercolourist specialising in painting ships (invariably battleships) and harbours/ports. Binney joined the navy in 1903 and served tghrough World War One. There’s more on Binney’s naval career here. In 1929 he obviously visited Hong Kong and painted this scene of Aberdeen Harbour…