Poignard
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a) What type of anchor is this?
b) Where was it photographed?
b) Where was it photographed?
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Mystery anchor
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sailorman
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looks like an early Egyptian bronze Snurble thrib gribley Mk11 with fixed eye
DanTribe
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Looks more like a bit of freemasonry regalia.
armchairsailor
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Looks like someone lost an earring...
AndrewB
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Reminds me of the 'Wing' anchor that was marketed about 40 years ago. When you dropped it overboard, it was supposed to go down more horizontally than vertically, spinning like a sycamore seed, purportedly so you didn't have to fall back on it to set it. Claimed that if correctly dropped, it would go 5ft forwards for every 1 ft it sank.
The YM reviewer described it as the most useless anchor ever. Management waited with bated breath for the summons ....
The YM reviewer described it as the most useless anchor ever. Management waited with bated breath for the summons ....
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sarabande
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It's a classical puny Hermit design; that is to say an *nch*r*t*.
Probably at some exhibition ?
Probably at some exhibition ?
Poignard
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Well I have no idea what type it is (or even if it is any type at all) but here is a picture showing the windlass associated with it.
This may give a clue as to where I saw it.
This may give a clue as to where I saw it.
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ianat182
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Is it one of the anchors used when they install the wind generator bases to hold them in position by the 'mothership' vessel. Saw a programme on the QUEST channel a while ago where they were doing this job.
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sarabande
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Greenwich, or the Discovery Museum in Newcastle ?
Scotty_Tradewind
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museum down the Medina?
Boathook
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Falmouth.
Ricd
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Gosport?
Poignard
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Clue:
The photo was taken in a former railway station
The photo was taken in a former railway station
Porthandbuoy
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The anchor off an early submarine?
Though why that would have anything to do with a railway staion I have no idea?
Though why that would have anything to do with a railway staion I have no idea?
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Poignard
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Porthandbuoy
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Good grief! 
sarabande
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Confederate ?
Rigger Mortice
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Gare Maritime de Cherbourg?
Poignard
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Give that gentleman a coconut!