THE WRECK EXPERIENCE
A GIANT,
TURNED TO SILENCE.
SMS MARKGRAF — 21 JUNE 1919
A German battleship. A fleet awaiting its fate. One order that sent dozens of ships to the seabed. Discover Markgraf, from the High Seas Fleet to her inverted resting place.
The story doesn't
end at the surface.
After the Armistice, the German High Seas Fleet was interned at Scapa Flow. On 21 June 1919, its commander ordered the ships scuttled. Fifty-two vessels sank. Markgraf survived the great salvage campaigns and remains inverted on the seabed as a protected historic monument.
READ THE FULL HISTORICAL DOSSIERThen. Now.
Slide between the vessel at sea and an imagined view of the wreck today.
THEN AT SEANOW ON THE SEABED
ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION. THESE IMAGES ARE NOT HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OR A MATCHED CAMERA SURVEY OF THE ACTUAL SITE.
Investigate
what remains.
Tap the numbered features for context. The artwork shows the atmosphere of a wreck, not a measured site plan.
THE INVERTED HULL
Markgraf lies with the hull uppermost. Much of her superstructure is beneath the structure or pressed into the seabed.
Markgraf is protected heritage. Do not remove artefacts or disturb the site. All visuals and marker locations are interpretive; this is not dive planning guidance. NO POSITION, DEPTH OR FEATURE PLACEMENT SHOWN IS SUITABLE FOR DIVE NAVIGATION.
Go deeper into
the story.
Follow the sources.
The history is supported by published records. Vessel images and interactive markers are artistic interpretation, never archival or measured site footage.