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Two Models of an Anchor
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Two nearly identical models of a Hawkins patent anchor. This anchor has no ordinary stock; this is replaced by a short stock set at right angles to the cross of the arms. The arms and stock rotate together in the forked end of the shank, with the stock forcing the flukes into the ground; the stock is brought into the correct position by a rope attached to a harp at the anchor cross, with which the anchor can also be lifted. The flukes lie in the same plane as the arms. At the top of the shank is a harp.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTwo Models of an Anchor. 1823. Rijkswerf Vlissingen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
