enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. History of the anchor - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Anchor

    The CQR is now manufactured by Lewmar. The CQR Anchor is still used by the Royal Navy on their coastal protection vessels such as the Archer Class. American Richard Danforth invented and developed the "Danforth" pattern in the 1940s, a return to the symmetrical concept but with very large flat plate flukes. This anchor offers very good holding ...

  3. Anchor - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor

    The Danforth is a light, versatile, highly popular fluke-style anchor. American Richard Danforth invented the Danforth Anchor in the 1940s for use aboard landing craft. It uses a stock at the crown to which two large flat triangular flukes are attached.

  4. Danforth - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danforth

    Danforth (anchor), a fluke-style anchor; Danforth Avenue (HBLR station), a light rail station in Hudson County, New Jersey; Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute, a technical school in Toronto, Canada; Danforth Museum, an art museum and school in Framingham, Massachusetts; Danforth, a fictional character in the Cthulhu Mythos

  5. SEE: Centuries-old anchor unearthed on Flagler County beach

    www.aol.com/news/see-centuries-old-anchor...

    An anchor that may be more than 200 years old has been unveiled on a Flagler Beach. Archaeologists believe recent erosion exposed the anchor this week. The plan is to leave it there because ...

  6. 2,500-year-old shipwreck and anchors discovered off coast of ...

    www.aol.com/2-500-old-shipwreck-anchors...

    A shipwreck dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries B.C. was discovered near Sicily along with ancient anchors made from stone and iron, Italian officials said. ... The 2,500-year-old wreck was ...

  7. Stockless anchor - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockless_anchor

    The stockless anchor is an improved version of the Admiralty anchor it is derived from. It has two flukes that pivot on the same plane perpendicular to the shank. [2] The weight of the shank and accompanying chain, or the shank angled under tension, keep the anchor laying flat on the sea floor.

  8. National Register of Historic Places listings in Taunton ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of...

    W bank of the Mill R. at Danforth St. 41°54′42″N 71°06′06″W  /  41.911667°N 71.101667°W  / 41.911667; -71.101667  ( Taunton State Taunton

  9. Chobani yogurt billionaire buys San Francisco's 127-year-old ...

    www.aol.com/news/chobani-yogurt-billionaire-buys...

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Craft beer pioneer Anchor Brewing Co. — maker of its famous Anchor Steam and Christmas Ale beer —has been purchased by Chobani yogurt founder and billionaire Hamdi Ulukaya.