Roberto
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Amoco Cadiz anchor, dropped moments before the ship ran aground
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoco_Cadiz
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoco_Cadiz
Bent anchor shank, broken flukes... old generation anchor really
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vyv_cox
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One of the first jobs I did professionally was the investigation of a failed Kenter link from a large tanker. I learned then that if the anchor is deployed on these vessels when moving at more than half a knot the anchor or chain will inevitably break. I am guessing that the Amoco Cadiz was doing a fair old speed when they tried this final measure.
Roberto
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March 16th was the 40th anniversary, on a TV documentary they were discussing the anchor, they showed -barely visible in the photograph- that one of the flukes had been practically torn away, and the remaining fracture surface was smooth, almost polished, maybe the anchor had had a lot of friction against the sea bottom ?