Vintage Illustrations Of Anchors Editorial Image

Anchors of different types - Admiralty pattern, close stowing , stockless, all these types used in the British Navy. Mushroom, used for lightships and Grapnel, used from small boats. An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ancora, which itself comes from the Greek ??????. Anchors can either be temporary or permanent.