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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. Owing to anachronisms and varying techniques of measurement, a cable
A chain cable. A cable length is based on the historic length of a ship's cable.
United States customary units form a system of measurement units commonly used in the United States and most U.S. territories since being standardized and adopted in 1832. The United States customary
Cable length
…UK traditional: 100 fathoms (600 ft; 180 m), though the Admiralty used 1⁄10 of a sea mile, 1 minute of latitude locally. US customary (US Navy): 120 fathoms (720 ft; 220 m) In 2008 the Royal Navy in a handbook defined it as follows…
A tape measure with markings in inches, feet and centimeters
A 23.7 US fl oz (700 mL) bottle displaying both U.S. and metric units