Fathom was upset and rose to the surface. A "shot", one of the forged lengths of chain joined by shackles to form an anchor cable, was usually 15 fathoms long (). A "shackle", a length of cable or chain equal to 12.5 fathoms or 75 feet. In 1949, the British navy redefined the shackle to be 15 fathoms. In Finland, fathom ("syli") is sometimes, albeit seldom, used as a maritime unit, of a nautical mile and of cable length. It is customary, when burying the dead, to bury the coffin at least to a depth of a fathom, or "six feet
Fathom (comics) titled "Fathom: Killian's Tide". After Turner's cancer went into remission, he left Top Cow and launched his own company, Aspen MLT Inc. During this period there was a legal conflict between Turner and Top Cow as to who owned the rights to "Fathom". In 2004, Turner restarted the "Fathom" series and had a preview of its premiere in his company's first comic, "Michael Turner Presents: Aspen". After that, a "Fathom" miniseries titled "Fathom: Dawn of War" was produced and, shortly after that, the series "Fathom: Cannon Hawke" was started. The second volume in the "Fathom" series was drawn by artist