RFA Gobernador Bories
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Wordsworth
was built as a whaler at
William Gray & Co in Sunderland and launched
14.October 1882 for the company Glover
Brothers in London. She did service in South America
until 1906 when she was osld to a Chilean company in
Punta Areans and was renamed as Gobernador Bories. At
the outbreak of world war one she bought by Royal Navy
and towed to Scapa Flow to be sunk as a block ship. She
was scuttled 12.October 1914 but didnt sink at the
planned position. Today the wreck rest on her port side
on a depth of 15 meter in Burra Sound.
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| 58.55.25 N 03.18.33 W ( Source: Historical RFA )  Picture: Gobernador Bories Courtesy of Chris White & Historical RFA  Wanna know more? Gobernador at Divernet Last updated: September 2019 |
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