THE WRECK
EXPLORER
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY / 002ALL FILMS
SCAPA FLOW, 21 JUNE 1919 · CINEMATIC HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

THE LAST
SIGNAL.

A fleet held in silence. One order to scuttle. Follow the final hours of SMS Markgraf, the fate of the German High Seas Fleet and the inverted battleship that survives beneath Scapa Flow.

5 CHAPTERS~90 SECOND EDITORIAL SEQUENCERESEARCH-LED NARRATIVE
ARTISTIC RECONSTRUCTION · NOT ARCHIVE FOOTAGE
02 / SMS MARKGRAFHISTORICAL CINEMA / EDITORIAL RECONSTRUCTION
THE WRECK EXPLORER — SCAPA FLOW ARCHIVE01 / 05
NOVEMBER 1918

THE ARMISTICE FLEET

Seventy-four disarmed German warships arrive in British waters.

VISUAL RECONSTRUCTION · NOT PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE
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CHAPTER 01 / 05
THE STORY IN FIVE CHAPTERS

One final order.
Five moments.

Choose a scene to examine the historical account, or play the entire visual sequence from beginning to end.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

THE ARMISTICE FLEET

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ON THE EVIDENCE

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The story behind
the images.

Scenes are artistic reconstructions, with historical facts taken from source material. Vessel appearance, perspective and movement should not be treated as confirmed records. This is not a navigational resource.