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Types of Anchors Explained

Steel or iron hooks attached to ships by chains are used as anchors to hold ships in place by hooking onto the bottom of bodies of water. Another type of anchor is called a mushroom anchor due to its shape resembling an inverted mushroom.

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Types of Anchors Explained

Steel or iron hooks attached to ships by chains are used as anchors to hold ships in place by hooking onto the bottom of bodies of water. Another type of anchor is called a mushroom anchor due to its shape resembling an inverted mushroom.

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Different types of anchors: steel or iron hook, attached to the ship by a chain, that holds the ship in

place by hooking it to the bottom of a body of water.


Mushroom anchor: anchor shaped like an inverted mushroom

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