A 3½-ton anchor with 15 fathoms of 1¼-in. chain cable shackled to two 120-fathom, 6-in. E.S.F.S.W. hawsers (shackled together) was laid out to provide the main anchorage for the heaving-off gear.
I-ankile eneetoni ezintathu ezinecala elineshumi elinesihlanu lomlinganiselo weenyawo ezintandathu zesinye esinekota ngaphakathi yentambo yetsheyina ikhonkxwe kwikhulu elinamashumi amabini omlinganiselo weenyawo ezintandathu, neentambo ezinkulu ezingena kathandathu E.S.F.S.W. (zikhonkxwe zonke) yalungiselelwa ukuzisa eyona ndawo yokuhlisa i-ankile ekutsaleni igiyari.