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Plans for a 31 ft longboat drawn in 1801. The windlass for working an anchor can be seen drawn in red, abaft the mast.
Plans for a 31 ft longboat drawn in 1801. The windlass for working an anchor can be seen drawn in red, abaft the mast.
The longboat from Vasa. Whilst differing from many longboat designs (this example is double ended, when other longboats had a transom stern) the pictu
The longboat from Vasa. Whilst differing from many longboat designs (this example is double ended, when other longboats had a transom stern) the picture shows the windlass amidships for raising an anchor.
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HMS Thetis aground. Her boats have just laid two kedge anchors to haul her off and are now sounding the depth of the water in the region of the anchor
HMS Thetis aground. Her boats have just laid two kedge anchors to haul her off and are now sounding the depth of the water in the region of the anchors.
A Royal Navy Montagu whaler being manned with an armed boarding party going to check a neutral vessel stopped at sea. October 1941
A Royal Navy Montagu whaler being manned with an armed boarding party going to check a neutral vessel stopped at sea. October 1941
A painting of HMS Pique's gig, depicting events in 1835.
A painting of HMS Pique's gig, depicting events in 1835.
A ship's tender of the MSC Orchestra
A ship's tender of the MSC Orchestra