In 1808 Samuel Brown, a Naval Leutenant, fitted out a Navy vessel, the 'Penelope' with chain anchor cables and rigging and sailed her to the West Indies to prove the superiority of iron chain.

This length is enough to anchor a ship in 40 fathoms of water ... the line would need around 31 miles of rope, 20 miles for its rigging alone. At its height the dockyard employed over 10,000 ...

The value of the contract is approximately NOK 750 million per vessel. The vessels are Anchor Handling Supply Vessels, based on the Aker design AH 04. Delivery is scheduled in Q4 2009, and Q2 2010.

European investigators believe the Yi Peng 3, a 225-meter vessel loaded with Russian fertilizer, dragged its anchor for over 100 miles, cutting cables between Sweden, Lithuania, Germany and ...

In 1808 Samuel Brown, a Naval Leutenant, fitted out a Navy vessel, the 'Penelope' with chain anchor cables and rigging and sailed her to the West Indies to prove the superiority of iron chain.