SMS S36 (1919): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

Name	SMS S36	Wikidata label
Year lost	1919	English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed)
Era	Interwar	derived from year
Ship type	destroyer, large torpedo boat of German navy	Wikidata P31 instance of
Cause of loss	Scuttled	Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence
Nationality / flag	German Empire	Wikidata P8047 country of registry
Operator	Imperial German Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	Scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	North Atlantic Ocean	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	Scotland	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 5 km from land
Position	58.8741, -3.1720	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

SMS S36 was a 1913 Type Large Torpedo Boat (Großes Torpedoboot) of the Imperial German Navy during World War I, and the 12th ship of her class. She was equipped with of three single mounted 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns and with six 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes, two forward and four aft; twenty-four mines could also be carried. She was launched on 17 October 1914 and commissioned on 4 January 1915. S36 took part in the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in 1915 and the Battle of Jutland in 1916. In late 1916 she served in the English Channel and took part in a number of engagements, including the Battle of Dover Strait during which a British merchant ship and a destroyer were sunk by her Half-Flotilla. She was scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919.

Location

Recorded position: 58.8741, -3.1720 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: North Atlantic Ocean
Nearest coast: Scotland

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