The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-26
SHIPS dNCH oRS.
The Modern Kind StockleSs and Very Dif-
frrcnt from the Old Familiar Type.

The anchor in u.s. old familiar form had a slucA--
either fixed stock 81 wood OF movable stock Of
iron, this being the crosspiecc at the top Of tho
shank, where the anchor chain is made fast ~
the other end Of the shank were the arms Of tho
anchor. curving upward like hooks and each
terminating in nukc The stock crossing al one
end Of the shank. and The arms, crossing at tho
Other set transycrscly. Tho purpose Of the
stock 10 tilt the anchor that one Of tho
hooks would engage, Originally tic stock was
made Of wood; and on u big heavy anchor 1t was
necessarily q good big solid piece Of timber
With the wooden stock fixed in position. and
stock ana arms adjusted they were. trans
vcrscly. the anchor took up a lot Of room: II tho
stock lay fiat on a deck the arms Of the anchor
stood vertically. TO make the anchor stow better
and take Up less room, stocks came 10 he made
a iron and movable. Fixed for use. tho iron
stock was in Just the same place and position 40
The wooden stock, and IL served the same pur-
pose /, was held in place by key when
the anchor not in usc the iron stock could 10
released from It's position and drawn through
the eye and turned down against the shank; there
WAS a curve in the extremity Of one end Of tho
iron stock make this possible Anchors with
this sort Of movable iron stock came into common
use; the great majority OF anchors came TO bs
made in this manner. The iron stock. however.
being Of smaller diameter, was more inclined than
turn down, So tina, while the iron stock commend.
cd itself for It's convenience, the wooden stock
continued 10 hold favor for its usefulness, and
there are still made some big anchors with wooden
stocks The odHmc wooden stock anchor might
he seen hanging at the cathead Of o sailing ship:
and IL might be- that ships right bower-its big
ccst, heaviest anchor upon which il placed ils
chief reliance. would be an anchor with q wooden
stock
IL H.. Id, r.. Il. I'll
prnsahle part Of the old time anchor. yet the mod
en- anchor is stockless. And not only ha IL
no stock, but instead OF having, at the other end
al tho shank, for the holding part, upc uIving
arms each with ,ukc Al the end. there Is placed
across the end and held 10 II by means Of hinge
Or less play, short, straight, heavy crossarm
having projecting from us upper part, that is
side Of IL, two Hat pointed iukes. set in the same
plane This anchor would naturally lie Hat or
Of the hinged cross piece rom Whose face or upper
SIDE the nukes project H. OF such form that as
me SnrhST lies the points o, tho fuSST are IN
place from which they project TO lct them go down.
when drawn upon AT suitable angie, With tho
old-timc anchor one fiuke and arm buried when
strain was applied ON the cable, the other arm
| and fukc projecting up from tho bottom: in tho
s,ockcss anchor when tho strain is applied both
Tho oid,iimc anchor was sometimes foucd:
o'tcncst hy paying out chain too fast in letting
the anchor go; sometimes Ivy tho ship moy ing
toward IT, with n wind III that direction, at slack
water: sometimes IN swinging on the cable with
The tide Cables dpnut ipul On the StOcklCSs anchor
and with both tukCS buried, there Is no luke for
n vessel tn ride in shallow water There Is u
patent anchor not stncklCSs that is hinged AZ
the crown, the crown being that part where the
| arms Join tho shank. Hinged thus the arm e
| the anchor bcdded IN tho mud enters AT better
! anglo and gets better hp,d while the upper
arm lies close TO the ShAuG. ana - with less dan
| yer OF iOuling
| The stucklcss anchor first came int usr dozen
wears or 50 ago. having been invented IN tnrlond.
| There are now StOcklcSs anchors Of American
! invention aud Manufacturer rs well The stock
| less anchor SCumm0nly USED ON steamers. There
| will hr found still plenty ut steamers using old
| SiNlr anchors but new steamers with new equip
| nrnt are likely 10 get the stoCklcss The old
/ then for n long voyage taken over lnbnard.
| Where StuCklrSS anchors are used the shank IT
| ihr Sulnnr Is hrUlrd right into the hRwse pine,
and the anchor StwO HAT nukcs lie mp snug ainst
| the side 81 tn" vessel StuCkl"ss anchor would
| he carried that way ON Short voyages, though
| taken uhrard like amy other on u long voyage
| While the slurklrSS anchor ~ generally usrl
| on steamers. on sailing vessels the US' ~ tho
| Older s,,lcs ut anchors still wallis There
| are huNrNu-, now some S'pCkcSS anchors used
| IN sailing vessels StucklcSS anchors are liNo
| other EncIurs, made II various sizes and weight.
| The NJ pdern NtpchlrnS anchor n made ~ steel
| Ships require heavier anchors than do steamers
| hamper Npar~ and rigging 10 he affected by tho
| Wind and III" has also steam with which Shn
| can reduce the strain on the cable 4 2OOO-
| ton snip is required 20 have two bpycr anchors
| II n weight OF at least 4. 100 pouIHs each ca.
| elusive OF their stocks; q 2,00O-ton steamer 10
| required TO have two bower anchors weighing
| NOT less than 800 pounds each