Bulgarian Navy – Auxiliaries and Other Ships

Auxiliaries and Other Ships

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Mesar Class Tanker AORL LOA 320′ / 97.5 m TDISP 3,240 tons (1 active)

Atiya 302 (1987)Atiya Atia 2008

Kapitan 1st Rank Dimitri Dobrev 206 (1988) Bereza class Degaussing Ship (1988) varna LOA 228′ / 69.5 m TDISP 2,050 tons. A unit of a larger class of Polish-built shipsKapitan 1st Rank Dimitri Dobrev 206 Varna 2019

Proteo 224 (2004) Rescue Vessel (Varna) LOA 249′ / 75.9 m TDISP 2,048 tons (1951-2004 Italian Navy)

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The Italian Navy ship Proteo A-5310, before her 2004 transfer to the Bulgarian Navy. US Navy All Hands Magazine, Apr. 1962. U.S. Navy / Public domain

Proteo rescue Varna 2019

Training Ships

STV Kaliakra (1984) Sail Training Ship at the naval academy, Varna. LOA approx. 180′ / 54.9 m TDISP 380 tons. Barquentine rig. Polish-built.

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STV Kaliakra, Oct. 2014 Credit: Mehlauge / CC BY-SA
Kaliakra Sail Training Varna 2019
Kaliakra Sail Training Sozopol 2010
Kaliakra Sail Training Sozopol 2010B

Olev Blagoev Training Ship (formerly a survey vessel) LOA approx. 222′ / 67.7 m TDISP unknown.Olev Blagoev 421 TS Varna 2019

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