# Model of a chain messenger

- By: Rijkswerf Willemsoord
- Date: 1828
- Medium: wood (plant material), brass (alloy)
- Classification: demonstration model
- Dimensions: height 11.5 cm x width 135.5 cm x depth 18.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-MC-628--4ec38f87758a45f96f8ad7881ac296de)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/XQAjQ/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This model represents the mid-section of a ship’s deck and demonstrates how an anchor was raised. The anchor is attached to a heavy cable, which is too thick to turn around a drum. It is therefore secured to a messenger cable, a long, endless rope that can be wound around a capstan to haul in the anchor cable.