Anchor of the Seawise Giant

video acknowledgment: Hong Kong Maritime Museum.
This short film commissioned by the Hong Kong Maritime Museum chronicles the life of the world largest ship, the Seawise Giant, and how it's anchor has found a home at the museum. The museum plans on placing the anchor as the centerpiece of the its new maritime plaza.

[@mikey380sx]

Fantastic video. I was sad to see it scrapped but I’m glad the history lives on

[@mr.techaky7655]

Hehehe, nothing but respect for the Asian seamen... When my father was in the navy, stationed in Taiwan and Japan, he'd give the Asian port-workers/seamen a pack of cigarettes and they'd go to town getting stuff done on the ship. He said that there was no harder working man than an Asian seaman and that a pack of cigs goes a long ways.

[@Jam_the_man]

Taiwan doesn’t exist. -100000 social credit

[@ACEGILORUZ]

SAD THE FINALE

[@mudcracker8765]

Someday I will take a picture of that Jahre Viking anchor

[@SuperSMT]

almost doesn't seem big enough

[@VilmasTravels]

Thanks for sharing this video God Bless

[@jerryadams2191]

Huge, thanks. 😎

[@seb1554]

First I thought that’s so kool but then I realised it needs about 6km to come to a stop. Imagine the damage that anchor does to the sea floor and marine life? 😮

[@yashagarwal6821]

I don’t they use the anchor to stop the ship, just to keep it in place

[@equalizer7451]

How did 3 pieces of wood carried something so heavy

[@raul.17T]

@mad ass oh yeah just *30 tons* I mean that’s not heavy at all

[@lodii7246]

Put it to simple terms take all the liquid out of a water bottle and put the cap on and place it in the ocean
It will float for years
Thats how boats and ships work in a nutshell.

[@MrGator-er1li]

@@raul.17T 36 tons

[@hmu05366]

@@lodii7246 huh

[@hotaruyazumi9670]

Wat ?
They put it in there to be able to slip in the chains n tie it properly
What do u mean carry them?

[@MrJuvefrank]

It's a 36 ton anchor. That's 72,000 lbs. I wish it were still in service.

[@denali9449]

But IIRC, it is 36 tonnes or 80,640 US pounds.

[@Leatherface123.]

Should have preserved the ship

[@danielfrohner7351]

Built with it’s original length up to 1976, not 1979 ...

[@BuzybShipping]

Impressive for the shipping world

[@DomoviluMelimilla]

Yo la habría puesto en otro buque. Pobre ancla, tan magnífica ella y quedar así, fuera de servicio...

[@1rudrakshsharma]

Damn🔥

[@KimekaKuroyukiCH2nd]

We need more likes.

[@jacoblancastle-smith3997]

Naughty bit of kit

[@churnburn7423]

Monday Night Football

[@АлексейАлешин-о8б]

Вот был пароход!!!

[@beatavaradyova8086]

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@ginoasci2876]

what a waste. why let it sit on display when it could be used on another ship.
now more metal will have to be used for that one ship. 36 tons of metal wasted.
that’s why life is so expensive on this planet……we waste everything.
oooo i was sitting with the prime minister at a dinner party. who gives a crap.
we don’t know what to do with this anchor.
we have a dilemma. no you don’t

[@highviewbarbell]

@rustytr because it's cool, dude.

[@thorthegodofthunder9150]

@rustytr because it is a big deal and is a special part of history

[@lorenzosnijders1490]

Titanics anchor is almost same size

[@zachboyce2435]

Bruh this is so much bigger

[@lorenzosnijders1490]

@@zachboyce2435 why is everyone make the titanic so small

[@POLARTTYRTM]

@@lorenzosnijders1490 because the Titanic was around 212 meters while modern ships go up to 400 meters.

[@lorenzosnijders1490]

@@POLARTTYRTM no 212 meters 269.1 meters long 🤦

[@POLARTTYRTM]

@@lorenzosnijders1490 still not even close to modern ships. Impressive for the time it was built? For sure, we were barely evolving in technology back then, but today? It's a regular ship.