Convert cable (International) to cable (U.K. or Imperial or Admiralty)
Selected category: length.
Definition and details for cable (International):
Cable length or cable's length is a nautical unit of length equal to 1/10 nautical mile or 185.2 meters. This unit was named cable because of the length of a ship's anchor cable in the age of sail.
Definition and details for cable (U.K. or Imperial or Admiralty):
Imperial cable length is a nautical unit of length equal to 1/10 nautical mile or 185.3184 meters based on the Admiralty mile.