Equipment model; Anchor model

Scale: Unknown. A model depicting part of the process of manufacturing a scarph chock anchor, made entirely of polished iron/steel. The model shows a rectangular, tapering block of metal and attached to one end of the block, extending from it, is a long, tapering, four-sided bar, slightly irregular in shape which halfway along becomes circular in section. The bar terminates to a point. On the underside of one end of the block are lines showing its construction.

Object Details

ID: SLR2867
Collection: Ship models
Type: Equipment model; Anchor model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: Unknown
People: South Kensington Museum
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 12 x 193 x 7 mm