Historical information

Donated by John Edgar? John Francis? Found on Whites Beach? 1990's?

Physical description

Iron anchor stock, ball shaped ends peril at mid point. Curved 120mm off centre, surface incrustations.

The stock ensures that the arms rest vertically on the seabed, and thus one fluke will dig itself in, providing maximum holding power. This type, with its two flukes and its stock at right angles, remained the basic anchor for many centuries.