Anchor weights and measurements in the Royal Navy (1794)

No scale. Plan showing the weights and measurements for anchors as well as descriptions, diagrams, and dimensions for anchors up to 80 hundredweight in divisions of one cwt taken from actual measurements. These continue on the reverse of the plan.

'These are the Dementions [sic] when the Anchors lays Flat and when on a Peake 1/2 Inch less. Diameter of the ring is half the size of the Smallest Part.'

Object Details

ID: ZAZ7913
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1794
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 250 mm x 387 mm