RFA Gobernador Bories
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Wordsworth
was built as a whaler by
William Gray & Company in Sunderland, and was
launched 14.October 1882 for Glover
Brothers in London. She did service in South America
until 1906 when she was sold to a Chilean company in
Punta Areans and renamed Gobernador Bories. At the
outbreak of world war one she was bought by Royal Navy
and towed to Scapa Flow to be sunk as a block ship. She
was scuttled 12. October 1914 but didn't 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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N 03.18.33 W ( Source: Historical RFA )  Picture: Gobernador Bories Courtesy of Chris White & Historical RFA Last updated: September 2019 |
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