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	SMS Markgraf -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		SMS Markgraf was the third of four König class battleship built, weighing 25,388 tons and having a length of 175m, 30m at the beam and a draft of 9m.
		She was powered by three (Rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate) turbines developing 46,000hp each yielding a maximum speed of 22 knots.
		On the 21st of June 1919, SMS Markgraf vanished under the surface.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sm/sms_markgraf2.htm (267 words)

	Scapa Flow
		Ten battleships were sunk: SMS Bayern, SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm, SMS Markgraf, SMS Großer Kurfürst, SMS Prinzregent Luitpold, SMS Kaiser, SMS Kaiserin, SMS Friedrich der Große, SMS König Albert and SMS König.
		SMS Nürnberg II, SMS Frankfurt and SMS Emden II were beached.
		With the larger ships, culminating with the 28,000-ton SMS Hindenburg, he patched all holes and then pumped the hullss with compressed air to force out the water and make them float upside down.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sc/scapa_flow.html (652 words)

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