Talk:SMS Markgraf

Minor quibbles
If the ship was named after the ruler of Baden, who was a grand duke,  why would it have borne the lesser title of "Margrave" ( which is the normal english rendering of the german title Markgraf )? Also, the equivalent title in England would be Marquess,  not Marquis.Eregli bob (talk) 07:39, 28 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I don't know, perhaps it was a reference to a earlier ruler of the Margraviate of Baden. In any case, it's cited specifically in the Hildebrand, Rohr & Steinmetz book. You're right on the Marquess bit though. Parsecboy (talk) 13:48, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Great article
Thank you for contributing this to the encylopedia. It was an enjoyable read.--174.44.83.4 (talk) 06:24, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Low background steel
Spital8katz took out the part about low-background steel, because it's wrong. The steel is low background not because it's been under the water all these years, but because it was manufactured before WWII. I don't have a copy of Butler, either he was confused or misquoted. I suggest finding a new source. Here's one: Kendall-K1 (talk) 19:49, 5 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I've corrected it. Butler has this to say:
 * "Apart from the occasional piece of radiation-free steel, essential

to certain types of scientiﬁc instruments unavailable in steel produced since the explosion of the ﬁrst atomic device, recovered from time to time, the wrecks are left undisturbed."
 * The sentence about the depth must have been a legacy from before I rewrote this article. Parsecboy (talk) 22:34, 7 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Looks good, thanks! Kendall-K1 (talk) 01:35, 9 June 2013 (UTC)