Gobernador Bories: Burra Sound, Orkney

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gobernador Bories: Burra Sound, Orkney as Steamship (20th Century)-(1914). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Gobernador Bories was a Spanish steamship built in 1914 that was lost in Burra Sound, Orkney, during World War I, likely due to enemy action or navigational hazards. The vessel was carrying cargo, but no details on lives lost or the exact nature of the cargo are recorded; its wreck remains a historically significant site in Scotland's maritime heritage.