Comments by "Ben Wilson" (@benwilson6145) on "The Drydock - Episode 223 (Part 2)" video.

  1. For the last century plus most anchors are stowed either totally within or partially within the Hawse pipe. The Hawse pipe often had nozzles within it or just outside where water could be sprayed on to the Chain to clean it. With a clay bottom the chain can emerge looking like a tube and the anchor as a solid looking block. The clay must be washed off as if it goes into the chain lockers it can block the suction. The clay would laugh at buckets of water.
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  2. The ship was a Refrigerated Cargo liner, she would have had accommodation for 12.
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