Cable length
A cable length or cable's length is a nautical unit of measure equal to one tenth of a nautical mile or 100 fathoms, or sometimes 120 fathoms. The unit is named after the length of a ship's anchor cable in the age of sail. The definition varies:
References
- Fenna, Donald (2002), "cable, cable length, cable's length", A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units, Oxford: University Press, ISBN 0198605226 . Also "fathom", from the same work.
- Navy Slang: Cable – Curry, Royal Navy, http://web.archive.org/web/20080707042523/http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3807#content, retrieved February 2011 .
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