Anchor
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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, whic
Stockless ship's anchor and chain on display
Anchor of Amoco Cadiz in Portsall, north-west Brittany, France
Memorial anchor in Kirjurinluoto, Pori, Finland
Massive anchor chain for large ships. The weight of the chain is vital for proper holding of the anchor.
Mooring
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A mooring is any permanent structure to which a seaborne vessel may be secured. Examples include quays, wharfs, jetties, piers, anchor buoys, and mooring buoys. A ship is secured to a mooring to fores
Anchor
…ancora, which itself comes from the Greek ἄγκυρα (ankȳra). Anchors can either be temporary or permanent. Permanent anchors are used in the creation of a mooring, and are rarely moved; a specialist service is normally needed to move or maintain them. Vessels carry one or more temporary anchors, which may be of…
Mooring Post, Eisenhower Pier, Bangor, Northern Ireland
A dockworker places a mooring line on a bollard.
Mooring line of Polish ship Fryderyk Chopin
Twenty foot diameter sheet pile cell mooring structure and five steel pipe pile tripods