This is the information page about the shipwreck Markgraf, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 53.475 N,3 10.004 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: MARKGRAF
Length 176.8 meter, width: 29.6 meter, tonnage 25390 ton
Cause: scuttled in scapa flow.
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H8464/19 DWP, WITH LEAST 11FMS, SHOWN IN 585331N, 030955W ON SURVEY [C7953]. INS AS DWP 11FMS (1919). BR STD. H6229/23 INS ON NE 3729. NM TO BRING SCALES INTO LINE.
- NM 1523/23. H1696/36 8.4.36 SOLD TO METAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (CP7799/36). H1270/76 15.6.76 SALVAGE OPS COMMENCED IN 585331N, 030950W APPROX. (ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL NM 3/76). - TNM 1218/76. H1270/76 8.11.77 SALVAGE OPS CONTINUE. (ORKNEY IS COUNCIL, LTR DTD 24.10.77). 8.12.77 AMEND TO DWP 19.8MTRS. NC 35. H1696/36 20.8.79 TO BE SALVAGED BY UNDERSEA ASSOCIATES LTD. (LL, 15.8.79). H4473/70 31.1.80 SALVAGE OPS COMPLETED. (ORKNEY IS. COUNCIL NM 1/80). TNM 1218/76 CANCELLED. H4473/80 25.2.80 SALVAGE CO IN HANDS OF RECEIVER. MINIMAL QUANTITY OF MATERIAL RAISED. ASSUMED THAT NO CHANGE IN CHARTED DEPTH. (ORKNEY IS COUNCIL, 11.2.80). H4682/75 20.10.81 SALVAGE RIGHTS SOLD TO CLARK DIVING SERVICES. (N/CP53529/75). H1310/82/23 9.9.82 LIES UPSIDE DOWN IN GEN DEPTH 45-50MTRS. BOTTOM HAS BEEN BLASTED OPEN. POSN 585331N, 030954.5W BY HSA. (R GOOD, 13.8.82). HH268/440/05 17.4.02 REST'D AREA RADIUS 250MTRS CENTRED ON 5853.475N, 0310.010W [WGD] DESIGNATED UNDER ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGIAL AREA ACT 1979. (HISTORIC SCOTLAND, LTD DTD 22.3.02 AND EMAIL DTD 16.4.02).
- NM 2261/02. SEP 2008/000078193 7.10.08 SHOW AS WK 22MTRS ON SCIMITAR SURVEY 2001. NO OTHER DETAILS KNOWN. NCA. 7.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5853.4745N, 0310.0043W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.61MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). INTACT, INVERTED, BOWS E. AMEND WK 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED
Position: 58 53.475 N,3 10.004 W