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META001 | Length V4.0
Ship Attribute
| Definition | "Length" means 96 per cent of the total length on a waterline at 85 per cent of the least moulded depth measured from the top of the keel, or the length from the fore side of the stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline, if that be greater. In ships designed with a rake of keel the waterline on which this length is measured shall be parallel to the designed waterline; |
| Unit | m |
| External references | "International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969" |