What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hms Albacore (bow Section): Shapinsay Sound, Orkney as Destroyer (first World War) (1917). 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.
HMS Albacore was a British A-class destroyer built during World War I and launched in 1917; it was lost in Shapinsay Sound, Orkney, likely due to a collision or grounding, though exact circumstances remain unclear. The wreck of its bow section remains as a recorded historic site, reflecting early 20th-century naval history in Scottish waters.
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