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2. Anchor - Wikipedia

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   For ships, a kedge may be dropped while a ship is underway, or carried out in a suitable direction by a tender or ship's boat to enable the ship to be winched off if aground or swung into a particular heading, or even to be held steady against a tidal or other stream.

3. N. Hingley & Sons Ltd - Wikipedia

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   In August 1910, N. Hingley & Sons completed an anchor for the White Star liner, Olympic. [14] It was claimed that the anchor was the biggest ever produced, weighing 15 tons 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 cwt, with length 19 ft and width 10 ft. In 1911, the company manufactured the anchors and chain for the ocean liner RMS Titanic.

4. Figurehead (object) - Wikipedia

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   Figurehead on a model of the French ship Océan. A figurehead is a carved wooden decoration found at the bow of ships, generally of a design related to the name or role of a ship. They were predominant between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries, and modern ships' badges fulfil a similar role.

5. Cathead - Wikipedia

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   An anchor secured to the ship's side. The projecting beam the anchor hangs from when not secured is a cathead (left). The anchor has a stock (cross-piece, in this case wooden) below, and curved flukes above (end-on); the shank is the near-vertical metal bar running between them, lashed with the shank painter Cathead on bow of the barque James Craig; the cat tail protrudes onto the deck and is ...

6. Beach gear (ship salvage) - Wikipedia

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   These can be attached to tugboats to increase their pulling power or to the stranded ship for pulling using its own winches. [1] [2] US Navy standard beach gear is a ground tackle system consisting of anchors, chain, wire rope and heaving equipment. It is an engineered system designed to be used for developing a pulling force of up to 60 tons ...

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