SMS Markgraf
SMS Markgraf was the third dreadnought battleship of the four-ship König class. She served in the Imperial German Navy during World War I. The battleship was laid down in November 1911 and launched on 4 June 1913.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include SMS Kronprinz and Cava.
SMS Kronprinz
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
SMS Kronprinz was the last dreadnought battleship of the four-ship König class of the German Imperial Navy. The battleship was laid down in November 1911 and launched on 21 February 1914. SMS Kronprinz is situated 910 feet northeast of SMS Markgraf.
Cava
Island
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Cava is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is 107 hectares in extent and rises to 38 metres above sea level. The literal meaning of the name is calf island, a terminology often used to designate a small island near to a larger one.
SMS Cöln
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SMS Cöln was a light cruiser in the German Kaiserliche Marine, the second to bear this name, after her predecessor SMS Cöln had been lost in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. SMS Cöln is situated 1 mile northeast of SMS Markgraf.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hangaback and Houton.
Hangaback
Locality
Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hangaback is a locality, which is situated 2 miles northeast of SMS Markgraf.
Houton
Village
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Houton is a settlement 5 miles southeast of Stromness on the island of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Orphir, and is situated on a minor road off the A964. Houton is situated 2 miles northwest of SMS Markgraf.
Orphir
Village
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orphir is a parish and settlement on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is approximately 9 miles southwest of Kirkwall, and comprises a seaboard tract of about 7 by 3+1⁄2 mi, and includes Cava and the Holm of Houton. Orphir is situated 3 miles north of SMS Markgraf.
SMS Markgraf
- Type: Scuba diving
- Description: 1913 König-class battleship
- Categories: battleship, shipwreck, historic site, disaster remains, and sports location
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.89193° or 58° 53′ 31″ northLongitude
-3.16527° or 3° 9′ 55″ westOpen location code
9CCRVRRM+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 663869624OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wreckOpenStreetMap feature
sport=scuba_divingWikidata ID
Q481485
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Vietnamese—“SMS Markgraf” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Маркграф (линеен кораб, 1913)”
- Bulgarian: “Маркграф”
- Chinese: “藩侯号战列舰”
- Chinese: “边境总督号战列舰”
- Czech: “SMS Markgraf”
- Dutch: “SMS Markgraf”
- French: “SMS Markgraf”
- German: “Markgraf”
- German: “SMS Markgraf”
- Greek: “SMS Markgraf”
- Hebrew: “מארקגראף (אוניית מערכה, 1913)”
- Hebrew: “מארקגראף”
- Irish: “SMS Markgraf”
- Italian: “SMS Markgraf”
- Japanese: “マルクグラーフ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “SMS «Markgraf»”
- Norwegian: “SMS «Markgraf»”
- Persian: “اساماس مارکگراف”
- Portuguese: “SMS Markgraf”
- Russian: “SMS Markgraf”
- Spanish: “SMS Markgraf”
- Vietnamese: “SMS Markgraf”
- “SMS Markgraf”
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Highlights include SMS Brummer and SMS Karlsruhe.
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