Diving
Markgraf Dives
I've dived the "Markgraf" 5 times:
| Dive number | Date | Site | Location | Area | Country | Wreck | Freshwater | Depth (m) | Bottom time (min) | Total time (min) | Divers | Quality | Summary | Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
115
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3 Aug 1982 | Markgraf | Scapa Flow | Orkney | Scotland |  |
45 | 17 | 17 | Iain Hosking, Susan Playfair |  |
Perfect day - bright sunshine & flat calm. Down buoy line to a perfect landing on the bottom. Turned left for bows which were very impressive towering above us. Hawse pipes visible. Swam aft to where deck level comes above the seabed. Swam right underneath - wooden deck intact. Porthole with glass in it, still moveable. Also what might have been one of the side guns. Much purging of one another's demand valves, turning off air and flooding of masks on the stops. | own, twin 60s | |
| 142
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7 Jul 1983 | Markgraf | Scapa Flow | Orkney | Scotland | |
44 | 18 | 60 | Iain Hosking, Derry Paul |  |
Down shotline to intrinsic port side of wreck, then round bows to starboard side where we found the porthole last year. Different from the way I remembered it. Hard fin back to the line brought on narcosis and we missed it. Re-entry decompression after a 30 minute surface interval: 5 @ 15m, 10 @ 10m, 15 @ 5m. | Twin 60s, +6lbs | |
| 284
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3 Jul 1986 | Markgraf | Scapa Flow | Orkney | Scotland | |
44 | 18 | 33 | Iain Hosking, Mark Inall, Sarah McCracken | |
Threesome with Sarah and Mark. Bows very impressive still, rearing vertically out of the sand. Fairly fast trip around to the starboard side. Sarah helped me lug a lump of wreck as far as the bows before dropping it. Knackered. | Twin 55s, 28lbs | |
| 285
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3 Jul 1986 | Markgraf | Scapa Flow | Orkney | Scotland | |
44 | 12 | 27 | Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack | |
Return visit to recover the lump. Line tied on quickly before carrying on with the dive, mainly along the port side of the wreck. The bloody thing stuck in the wreck while being pulled up. Good barbecue on Hoy afterwards. | Twin 55s, 28lbs. | |
| 286
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4 Jul 1986 | Markgraf | Scapa Flow | Orkney | Scotland | |
44 | 18 | 33 | Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack | |
Got the bastard this time. It had caught in an extremely unlikely spot. After untangling it, we headed through the hull to the other side. Under the decks - saw a turret (maybe). Good satisfying dive. [but the 'lump' was ferrous!] | Twin 55s, 28lbs |