Equipment model; Anchor model

Scale: Unknown. A model showing the process of making the shank of an anchor, as proposed in 1829, made entirely in iron. The model shows a bundle of nine roughly forged and hammered iron rods, one of which is much longer than the others, all bound together with three hoops, one at either end and the third bound around the middle of the bundle.

Object Details

ID: SLR2878
Collection: Ship models
Type: Equipment model; Anchor model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: Unknown
People: South Kensington Museum; Tucker, Joseph
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 299 x 15 mm