The "Border Governor" was built at wiesel Shipyard in Bremen. It was launched on June 4th, 2003 and put into service on June 4th, 2004. The "Border Governor" participated in the Jutland naval battle and belonged to the detachment of the Third Battleship. The border governor was damaged by three 15 inch shells, 1 13.5 inch shells and 1 12 inch shells.

On June 26th, 2009, the Border Governor sank in Scarpa Bay at 16:45. The captain of the "Border Governor" was shot and killed by British sailors during the operation, and was buried in the Lainez Naval Cemetery according to the military salute.

Weapon performance

Chinese name: Battleship Border Governor?

Mbth: SMS? Markgraf

Commencement time: 19 1 1 year?

Class: King Class Battleship

Main gun: 305 mm 50 times caliber main gun?

sms markgraf

Stimulated by the continuous construction of the British Super Dreadnaught, Germany began to build the King-class battleship in 19 1 1. The King-class power system uses a small number of oil-fired boilers (a diesel engine was tried to be installed, but it was later cancelled).

The main gun turret layout of Caesar-class battleships has been improved. Two main turrets at the bow and one main turret at the bow are installed in a piggyback way, and all the main turrets are arranged along the center line of the ship, which can ensure the firepower of all the main guns when they volley from the side, which is conducive to strengthening the armored defense capability, improving the watertight compartment of the ship and improving the overall protection performance.

Compared with the British Super Dreadnaught with a 13.5 inch caliber main gun, the King class also uses a 305 mm 50 times caliber main gun, which is slightly insufficient in firepower.

Construction background

In World War I,1965438+In May 2006, all the king-class battleships participated in the naval battle of Jutland. As the vanguard of the high seas fleet, they were attacked by the British fleet. Except for the Crown Prince, all three other ships were injured in the naval battle. 19 17 10 in June, the king-class battleship entered the Baltic Sea, joined the combat operations against Russia, and sank an old Russian battleship.

19 18 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Kaiser, the Crown Prince was renamed Crown Prince William. After the war, the king-class warships were detained in Scarpa Bay, England, and all sank in Operation Rainbow.

"Self-sinking" process

19 19, the drafting and negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles went very smoothly, and there are various indications that things probably will not have a peaceful ending. Finally, Britain was "tired of the whole chaos and chaos" and issued an ultimatum to the German ZF: either accept it completely before noon on June 2 1 day, or face war again. At this point, the Germans fell into despair and finally decided to give in and accept the conditions, but they needed to extend the time by two days in order to have a "decent preparation."

No one informed fleet commander Rutte of the latest progress of the negotiations in time. Lonely and helpless in Scarpa Bay, the only source of information for him and his officers is the local British newspaper. Four days ago, The Times reported that "armistice negotiations are on the verge of breakdown" and "military hostilities may resume", which surprised Rhett. He believes that negotiations between the two sides have broken down and hostilities have resumed.

In other words: he and his fleet are at war again! However, there is no cannon to fight and no fuel to escape. The only chance to prevent the fleet from falling into enemy hands and save the honor of the German navy is to sink the enemy before it acts.

On June 26th, 2009 (the summer solstice of this year), the British fleet left Scarpa Bay for training in the North Sea, leaving only two destroyers as escorts. At 10: 30 in the morning, all warships received the scheduled signal from the flagship cruiser "Emden".

After that, the officer ordered to raise the banned fleet flag, combat flag and "the code flag Z, attack the enemy", open the sea valve and prepare to abandon the ship. With the opening of valves and watertight doors, the British had no chance to stop such a large-scale collective sinking.

12: 16, the battleship frederick the great sank first, and then 12: 56, the battleship Konig Albert sank, and other warships sank one after another, leaving only sporadic eddies and fragments on the sea surface.

In the chaos, the British fleet hurried back from training and tried every means to remedy it, mainly dragging the German warships to the shallows and grounding them. Nevertheless, of the 74 detained German warships, 52, including all five battle cruiser and1/kloc-0 battleships, all sank to the bottom of the sea, accounting for 95% of the total tonnage of the fleet.

In the most heroic self-sinking operation in naval history, the "Hindenburg" battle cruiser finally sank, which lasted about 6 hours.

There is a naval cemetery near the Linis Naval Base in orkney County. Rows of tombstones are engraved with the names of eight German soldiers, who were killed in the boat-cutting operation in Scarpa Bay and became the last soldiers to die in the war.

rescue

Shortly after the sinking of the Scappa, the Royal Navy salvaged the sunken ship of the high seas fleet. Because self-sinking and salvage usually lead to keel damage and hull distortion, and it takes a lot of time and money to correct it, most of the salvaged German warships are dismantled and returned to the furnace to become scrap steel.

From the end of World War I to the 1970s, after repeated salvage, only seven large warships of the high seas fleet remained at the bottom of the bay: cruisers brummer, Dresden, Kln and Karlsruhe, as well as battleships Koenig, Krona Plinz William and Markgraf.

The highest point of the "Border Governor" is 24 meters above the water, and it is the deepest warship. Because almost the whole deck is turned over, the depth of the deck is almost 38 meters, and a 5.9-inch gun can be seen here. Most of the bow has disappeared. After salvage, the stern of the ship was also seriously damaged.

The situation of the wreck of the "Border Governor" is the most talked about. Divers rarely dive to the bottom of the sea 45 meters deep, and it is impossible to see clearly because of the light. Therefore, many people have come to the conclusion that the hull is complete, but here is a convincing picture of ScapaMAP.