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Monday, 24 August 2015

Bulgarian border police patrol vessel (ex-German Neustadt 1968-2003) Balchik (524) 2004-

2 May 2015

Bulgaria-flagged, MMSI 207452400 and call sign LZCB. The BG11 Neustadt of the Neustadt patrol craft class. Laid down at the Luerssen Werft GmbH&Co KG, Bremen-Vegesack, Germany with yard number 157/01 on 25 November 1968, launched on 27 February 1969, commissioned in the German Federal Frontier Guard on 25 November 1969, stricken on 1 March 2003, commissioned in Bulgarian service on 26 June 2004. Displacement 191,4 (standard)-218 (full load) and as dimensions 36 (waterline)-39,3 (over all) x 7,0 x 2,1 metres or 118-129 x 23 x 7.2 feet. Speed in German service 30 knots. Crew in German service 23 men and an armament of x1-4cm guns.