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.

[mikeysx]

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

[mr.techaky]

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.

[mudcracker]

Someday I will take a picture of that Jahre Viking anchor

[VilmasTravels]

Thanks for sharing this video God Bless

[seb]

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? 😮

[MrJuvefrank]

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

[DomoviluMelimilla]

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

[equalizer]

How did 3 pieces of wood carried something so heavy

[danielfrohner]

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

[ginoasci]

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