{"data":{"slug":"scapa-sms-markgraf","destination":"scapa-flow","country":"united-kingdom","region":"europe-atlantic-med","name":"SMS Markgraf","alt_names":null,"site_type":"wreck","types_extra":null,"lat":58.89124,"lon":-3.16673,"gps_confidence":"site","depth_min_m":24,"depth_max_m":45,"depth_typical_m":40,"difficulty":"technical","cert_recommended":"Advanced Open Water with deep training as a minimum; many dive her on twinsets or trimix","access":"boat","entry_note":"Shotline descent from Stromness charter boats; the deepest and most demanding of the German fleet.","current":"mild","current_note":null,"vis_lo_m":4,"vis_hi_m":12,"water_lo_c":7,"water_hi_c":14,"best_months":[4,5,6,7,8,9],"duration_min":35,"bottom":"A Konig-class battleship lying nearly upside down on a silt-and-shell seabed at about 45 m","description":"Markgraf fought at Jutland and now lies almost fully inverted in the deepest water of the German fleet, her upturned hull rising from around 45 m to the mid-twenties. The scale registers slowly: a wall of riveted plate longer than a football pitch, rudders raised toward the light, and along the port side the crushed gallery where casemate guns and portholes emerge from the shadows. This is a dive of atmosphere rather than easy sightseeing (dark, deep and unforgiving of poor planning), and for many wreck divers it is the single best thing in British waters.","highlights":"Dreadnought scale in the gloom, casemate guns along the hull side, the fleet's most prestigious tick","photography":{"wide":4,"macro":2},"suitable":{"night":false,"snorkel":false,"advanced":true,"beginner":false,"freedive":false,"technical":true},"crowding":"moderate","conservation_note":"A scheduled monument: nothing is removed, nothing disturbed. A century of salvage history already scars the fleet; divers should not add to it.","permit_note":null,"nitrox_useful":true,"hazards":"Depth, darkness, silt and inverted orientation that disorients; penetration is a technical-team undertaking only.","wreck":"sms-markgraf","confidence":"well-documented","img":"/static/img/wreckmood/cold-battleship.jpg","published":true,"species":["nudibranch"]},"meta":{"count":1,"served_from":"site cache (no live upstream calls)","as_of":"2026-11-10T12:10:21+00:00","disclaimer":"Research and information only, never a substitute for dive training, local briefings, professional guidance or medical advice. Conditions, rules, prices and operators change; verify locally before you dive.","attribution":"Compiled by Scuba Guide from public official sources (park authorities, government agencies, IUCN, DAN, agency standards) and editorial research; fields carry per-entity confidence labels."}}