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| navigate by keyword : drawing sketch iron pattern art cartoon line design font circle vehicle wing wheel wood furniture textile diagram anchors types admiralty close stowing anchor stockless used british navy mushroom lightships grapnel small boats device normally metal secure vessel bed body water prevent craft drifting wind current word derives latin ancora greek temporary permanent |
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| Anchors of different types - Admiralty pattern, close stowing , stockless, all these types used in the British Navy. Mushroom, used for lightships and Grapnel, used from small boats. An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ancora, which itself comes from the Greek ??????. Anchors can either be temporary or permanent. |
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