Equipment model; Anchor model; Killick

Scale: Unknown. Model of a killick from Roscoff, Brittany.The killick is consists of a straight cylindrical wooden rod forming the shank with a slight taper towards the top around which has been forced an iron jacket. At the base of the killick are two circular metal rods which pass through at right angles to each other forming arms. There is a small rope eye lashed to the wooden shank just above the iron jacket.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4834
Type: Equipment model; Anchor model; Killick
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Places: Devon; Southampton
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 72 mm x 23 mm x 30 mm