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Cable length (US) to Fathoms Conversion

Cable length (US) to fathom conversion allow you make a conversion between cable length (US) and fathom easily. You can find the tool in the following.

Length Conversion

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= 120.00000000
= 1.2 × 102
= 1.2E2
= 1.2e2
= 180.00000000
= 1.8 × 102
= 1.8E2
= 1.8e2
= 240.00000000
= 2.4 × 102
= 2.4E2
= 2.4e2
= 300.00000000
= 3 × 102
= 3E2
= 3e2
= 360.00000000
= 3.6 × 102
= 3.6E2
= 3.6e2

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A cable length or length of cable is a nautical unit of measure equal to one tenth of a nautical mile or approximately 100 fathoms. The unit is named after the length of a ship's anchor cable in the Age of Sail. The definition varies:

  • International:  110 nautical mile, or 185.2 m
  • Imperial (Admiralty):  110 Admiralty mile, or 608 ft (185.32 m), about 101 fathoms
    • The traditional British fathom varied from 5½ feet to 7 feet in the Merchant Navy.
  • U.S. customary (US Navy): 120 fathoms (720 feet, 219.456 m)
Name of unitSymbolDefinitionRelation to SI unitsUnit System
cable length (US)

≡ 720 ft

= 219.456 m

Imperial/US

conversion table

cable length (US)fathomscable length (US)fathoms
1= 1204= 480
1.5= 1804.5= 540
2= 2405= 600
2.5= 3005.5= 660
3= 3606= 720

A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to 6 feet (1.8288 metres), used especially for measuring the depth of water.

There are two yards (6 feet) in an imperial fathom. Originally the span of a man's outstretched arms, the size of a fathom has varied slightly depending on whether it was defined as a thousandth of an (Admiralty) nautical mile or as a multiple of the imperial yard. Formerly, the term was used for any of several units of length varying around 5–5 12 feet.

Name of unitSymbolDefinitionRelation to SI unitsUnit System
fathomftm

≡ 6 ft

= 1.8288 m

Imperial/US

conversion table

fathomscable length (US)fathomscable length (US)
1= 0.00833333333333334= 0.033333333333333
1.5= 0.01254.5= 0.0375
2= 0.0166666666666675= 0.041666666666667
2.5= 0.0208333333333335.5= 0.045833333333333
3= 0.0256= 0.05

Conversion table

cable length (US)fathoms
1= 120
0.0083333= 1

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