David West wrote:
>My understanding of preservation of timber and metal taken from the
>sea floor is that the deterioration is probably so far advanced now
>that there will be very little that can be done to save the anchor.
That's very probably correct. I think I'd be asking a maritime museum
about it -- just in case there's something that can be done. You
could contact John Wade at the Australian National Maritime Museum in
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