more variable: from 5 1/2 feet on merchant vessels to either 5 or 7 ft on fishing vessels (from 5+1/2 to 5 or).

Other definitions

Other definitions of fathom include:
* 1.828804 m (Obsolete measurement of the fathom based on the US survey foot, only for use of historical and legacy applications)
* 2 yards exactly
* 18 hands

One metre is about 0.5468 fathoms.

In the international yard and pound

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