Editing Anchor (section)

=== Fluked anchors ===
[[File:Ladbyskibet anker.jpg|thumb|Anchor of the Ladby Ship]]
[[Iron]] was afterwards introduced for the construction of anchors, and an improvement was made by forming them with teeth, or "flukes", to fasten themselves into the bottom. This is the iconic anchor shape most familiar to non-sailors.

This form has been used since antiquity. The Roman [[Nemi ships]] of the 1st century AD used this form. The Viking [[Ladby ship]] (probably 10th century) used a fluked anchor of this type, made of iron, which would have had a wooden stock mounted perpendicular to the shank and flukes to make the flukes contact the bottom at a suitable angle to hook or penetrate.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sørensen |first1=Anne |title=Ladby: A Danish Ship-Grave from the Viking Age |date=2001 |publisher=Viking Ship Museum |pages=52}}</ref>