Ropemaking is a simple process of twisting fibers together ... This length is enough to anchor a ship in 40 fathoms of water. Chatham Dockyard was once at the forefront of ship building ...

Work to recover an anchor of a ship from the late 13th century Mongolian armada that tried to invade Japan is under way off the coast of Takashima island in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture.