An item
reported that the naval base at Varna, Bulgaria was commanded by lieutenant
colonel Kutevski and included a minesweeper flotilla commanded by a certain
captain Jesev and a defensive flotilla commanded by a certain colonel Papasov.
The naval base of Burgas, Bulgaria was commanded by an officer named Zulatarov.
The Russian navy captain Romanyok was supreme commander of the Bulgarian and
Rumanian navies.
Begin 1951
handed the Soviet Union 12 at Ochakov built torpedo boats over to Bulgaria. The machinery consisted of
3-1.250hp engines, a crew numbering 11 men and an armament of 2 torpedo
launchers. Furthermore possessed the Bulgarian navy a 18 wood built 35 ton
vessels with a speed of around 30 knots and an armament of 1-3,7cm/1.5” gun, 2
heavy machineguns and 8 mine launchers and 17 minesweepers each of around 20
ton and a crew numbering 8-10 men. The fleet included also of the 850 ton
destroyer Georgi Dimitrov (1), 2-250 ton torpedo boats and 3 submarines.
Note
1. Laid down at the 20061 Kommunar Yard, Nikolayev,
Russia as a Project 30K destroyer on 20 November 1939, launched on 25 December
1940, completed in 1949-1950, training ship since September 1960 and stricken
in 1963.
Source
The report was published on
www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP82-00457R008400180001-3.
