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Thursday 22 February 2018

The fleet of the Bulgarian navy according to a CIA report dated 27 June 1951

The Bulgarian navy consisted of the following units:
4 300 ton minelayers, armed with 2 torpedo tubes and 1 small gun, built in 1905 although several times refitted and modernized and of which one was not longer seaworthy
6-60 ton German torpedo boats armed with 1 torpedo tube and a heavy machinegun. A number according to rumours to be increased by torpedo boats to hand over by the Soviet Union.
1-1.200 light destroyer used for training purposed purchased from the Soviet Union in 1950 for strengthening the Black Sea fleet.
2 submarines were underway from the Soviet Union for which the crew were trained at Sevastopol.
4/5 small minesweepers
In times of war were merchant ships to be added to the navy

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP82-00457R008000300010-3