ANCHORS AND CABLES 123
Chain cables are stamped at every five fathoms with the same
information as for anchors and in addition the tensile and breaking
strains.
Spare Parts for Rod and Chain Steering Gear: By Agreement between
the Shipping Federation and the Ministry of Shipping.
Ships under 12 knots.—
1 complete spring buffer and 1 spare spring.
2 tested chains equal to the longest length in the gear or, alter-
natively, 1 spare set of all the lengths on one side.
2 bottle screws; 2 sheave pins.
4 shackles; 4 connecting Irnks, 4 rod pins.
Ships over 12 knots and all H.T. Ships and Coasting Vessels.—
1 tested chain equal to the longest length in the gear.
1 spring buffer, 1 bottle screw.
4 shackles; 4 connecting links; 4 rod pins.
2 sheave pins.
QUESTIONS.
1. What materials are anchors made of?
2. What marks are stamped on anchors after having been tested?
3. Describe the anchors carried by a steamer, where stowed and
their special purpose.
4. Name the parts of an anchor fitted with a stock, and also the
parts of a stockless anchor.
5. What was the weight of the anchors in any ship you have served
in and the length of her cable chains?
6. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of stock anchors and
stoddess anchors,
7. Describe any forms of permanent mooring anchors you may
know of.
8. How may a patent anchor be securely held in the hawsepipe?
9. Who prescribes the size of anchors and cables a ship must have?
10. How are successive lengths of cable marked?
11. A new cable is brought to the ship: how can one tell which is the
chain locker end?
12. State what should be done occasionally with chain cables, shackles,
chain locker and anchor gear generally in order to preserve them as
much as possible,
13. State what you know of the Anchors and Chain Cables Act.