discussion Anchors and chain, colour??o

[BattleshipBob]

Oh yes its me again:nerd:

Best colour for anchors and chains???

Ta bob

 

[boatman]

Oh yes its me again:nerd:

Best colour for anchors and chains???

Ta bob

WELL Bob on my Tiger the anchors are grey the same coulour as the ship but the A- chains are white but on most warships they are black from what ive seen when down ar portmouth
chris

 

[BattleshipBob]

WELL Bob on my Tiger the anchors are grey the same coulour as the ship but the A- chains are white but on most warships they are black from what ive seen when down ar portmouth
chris

Chris , ta very much, no seaweed lol

 

[Tim Marlow]

Quick look at colour images on the net confirms Chris’s observations. Anchor is ship coloured and chains are black.....chains may well be heavily greased to combat rust?

 

[Dave Ward]

Anchors would be painted hull colour - the chain visible would generally be black, they're accessible on deck & be easily painted. If the ship is at anchor, then the visible chain will be rusty! - When letting go an anchor there are usually clouds of rust flying around as the chain comes up from the locker. It comes up through the spurling pipe, and over the side by the hawse pipe. The chains would usually be marked with a white painted band every 90ft ( a shackle ) to indicate how much had been run out. The final 2 markings were red, to indicate that you were running out of chain - and were literally reaching 'the bitter end' ( the bitts being where the chain was actually secured to the ship ). On most of the ships I served on, the anchors were used a lot - but on others they were never used!
Dave

 

[BattleshipBob]

Quick look at colour images on the net confirms Chris’s observations. Anchor is ship coloured and chains are black.....chains may well be heavily greased to combat rust?

Thanks Tim:thumb2::thumb2:

 

[BattleshipBob]

Anchors would be painted hull colour - the chain visible would generally be black, they're accessible on deck & be easily painted. If the ship is at anchor, then the visible chain will be rusty! - When letting go an anchor there are usually clouds of rust flying around as the chain comes up from the locker. It comes up through the spurling pipe, and over the side by the hawse pipe. The chains would usually be marked with a white painted band every 90ft ( a shackle ) to indicate how much had been run out. The final 2 markings were red, to indicate that you were running out of chain - and were literally reaching 'the bitter end' ( the bitts being where the chain was actually secured to the ship ). On most of the ships I served on, the anchors were used a lot - but on others they were never used!
Dave

Very interesting Dave, love the names, spurling pipe! Thank for the info

Bob

 

[stillp]

USS Massachusetts:

Pete

 

[BattleshipBob]

So jealous of the US, many battleships to see, us bugger all!

 

[stillp]

Well, there's HMS Belfast. Also Warrior and Victory.
You're right though, there are quite a few places in the US where you can park free, pay a few dollars, and you're free to wander round warships and/or aircraft all day. I always tried to seek them out when work took me to the US. The photo above is Battleship Cove, in Maryland.
Pete

 

[Tim Marlow]

.....and HMS Belfast’s guns are pointed at scratchwood service station.....

 

[adt70hk]

.....and HMS Belfast’s guns are pointed at scratchwood service station.....

Some would say that's entirely understandable..... Having using it a number of times in the late 70s, 80s and early 90s I can fully understand why..... Just a shame they got rid of all the ammunition.....

 

[BattleshipBob]

Tea that bad :tongue-out3:

 

[boatman]

WELL come on Tim whats so bad about scratchwood service station..... ?
chris

 

[boatman]

So jealous of the US, many battleships to see, us bugger all!

YEA you are right Bob we ai'nt got nothing to look at here in norfolk only once did we have the new type 45 destroyer HMS DAUNTLESS come to yarmouth an us boaty boys went right through her an enjoyed seein this an been over belfast an victory an warrior but that was yrs ago an i wasnt allowed to video them so only got memories of them thats part of the reason why i build big model warships to sail as its so nice to think to myself well ive got a warship i can call my own without worrying if they gonna sell her off lol
chris

 

[Defiant911]

I thought I’d tag my question on the end of this thread. the anchor chain supplied with my ship is brass colour so will need painting black.
do you paint the chain black or is it better to just try and source some black chain?

 

[Ian M]

Far better to get black chain as painting can clog up the links. Not to helpfull if you need white of grey chain though.

 

[Defiant911]

Far better to get black chain as painting can clog up the links. Not to helpfull if you need white of grey chain though.

Dont suppose you know where to buy it other than China or USA on EBay?

 

[boatman]

WELL Carl black chains are best if you can get them but on my tiger they are painted white an ankors are ship coluor

 

[Tim Marlow]

You can use metal black rather than paint. It doesn’t clog up the links. Carr’s make loads, and gun blue works as well.