at anchor
Meaning
at anchor
anchored
A ship riding at anchor
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According to another story, during a great famine that Myra experienced in 311–312, a ship was in the port at anchor, loaded with wheat for the Emperor in Constantinople.
Around the year 280, a half- British officer named Bonosus was in command of the Roman's Rhenish fleet when the Germans managed to burn it at anchor.
One night while the men slept on shore, one of the boats was capsized while at anchor and was swept out to sea with its two boatkeepers.
At first, the danger to a battle fleet was considered to exist only when at anchor, but as faster and longer-range torpedoes were developed, the threat extended to cruising at sea.
Camp cruisers either camp ashore ("camp cruising" or "beach cruising"), or aboard the boat at anchor.
Her ship sat at anchor for a full week before Richard finally arrived on 8 May.