Chewbacca Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 The other thing to remember is that of course the paint on the lugless joining shackles and individual marker shackles either side of them very quickly wore off when you dropped/weighed anchor so it was the job of some poor soul in the cable party to repaint each as it was being weighed with the cable still moving. It was very rough and ready! Shackles, as terms of length of cable in the Royal Navy changed. Prior to 1949 (according to my 1967 Admiralty Manual of Seamanship), a shackle was 12.5 fathoms. Post 1949 it is 15 fathoms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, Chewbacca said: Shackles, as terms of length of cable in the Royal Navy changed. Prior to 1949 (according to my 1967 Admiralty Manual of Seamanship), a shackle was 12.5 fathoms. Post 1949 it is 15 fathoms Gidday, I didn't know that. Thanks. I've always known the length to be 15 fathoms. Regards, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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