The Admiralty pattern anchor is the most recognisable as a typical anchor of a sailing ship. This anchor with its superb construction it represents the final stage in the development of the fixed anchor. It consists of a central shank with a ring or shackle for attaching the rod. At the other end of the shank there are two arms, carrying the flukes, while the stock is mounted to the other end, at ninety degrees to the arms. When the anchor lands on the bottom, it will generally fall over with the arms parallel to the seabed. But it had issues when it came to recovering them from the seabed which required the use of a rope from a davit off the side of the ship.
