This is the information page about the shipwreck Gobernador bories, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 55.401 N,3 18.675 W (58.923350, -3.311250)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: GOBERNADOR BORIES

Length 87.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 7.4, tonnage 2332 ton

Cause: ex-wordsworth. built in 1882 by w grey & co, west hartlepool. owned by the admiralty. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 224 nhp, single shaft. machinery by t richardson & sons, west hartlepool. (sibi). sunk as a blockship.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 81 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H3875/26 H3875/26 DWP IN 585525N, 031833W. COMPLETELY SUBMERGED WITH 3FMS OVER IT, THOUGH DAVITS SHOW AT LW. (SURVEY [C 8009]). INS AS DWP. BR STD. H3579/88 21.7.88 H3579/88 21.7.88 HULL BROKEN UP, BUT STERN INTACT. (THE WRECKS OF SCAPA FLOW). CHARTED AS DWP 3MTRS, 87MTRS LONG, ORIENTATED N/S, CENTRED ON 585524.5N, 031835W. NE 2568. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 9.11.10 9.11.10 EXAM'D IN 5855.4005N, 0318.6755W [WGD] (CENTRE) USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH AT CENTRE 7.9MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 5.2MTRS TOWARDS EAST END (AT 5855.4027N, 0318.6359W), 5.6MTRS AT WEST END (5855.3991N, 0318.7234W). LENGTH 96MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. HT 6MTRS AT CENTRE, 8MTRS AT LEAST DEPTH POSN, 9MTRS AT WEST END. LIES 081/261 DEGS. (FATHOMS LTD, SCAPA FLOW SURVEY, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). AMEND DWP 5.2MTRS (E END), 7.9MTRS (CENTRE), 5.6MTRS (W END). BR STD. SEP 2022/000015366 20.4.22 EXAM'D BY BDC DWLOCATED IN 5855.395N, 0318.725W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.33MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 080DEGS.(ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL SURVEY,12.10.2019, H525). NFA.RETAIN DW DEPTH 5.2MTRS. RETAIN POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, HIGH PTS AT E, W & CENTRE

Position: 58 55.401 N,3 18.675 W

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