Bulgaria (ship)

Bulgaria on 8 August 2010
Name
  • 1955–2010: Ukraina
  • 2010–2011: Bulgaria
OwnerOAO SK Kamskoye Rechnoye Parohodstvo (ОАО СК Камское речное пароходство)[1]
Port of registry
BuilderSlovenské lodenice Komárno a.s. Komárno, Czechoslovakia
Yard number416
Launched1955
Out of service10 July 2011
FateSunk 10 July 2011
General characteristics
Class and type785/OL800 (in Slovakia)
TypeRiver cruise ship
Tonnage1,003
Length80.2 m (263 ft)
Beam12.5 m (41 ft)
Draught1.9 m (6.2 ft)
Decks2
Installed power546 kilowatts (732 hp)
Propulsiondiesel-electric, two engines[2]
Speed20.5 km/h (12.7 mph; 11.1 kn)
Capacity233

Bulgaria (Russian: Булга́рия, romanized: Bulgariya) was a class 785/OL800[2] Russian river cruise ship (built in Komárno, Czechoslovakia) which operated in the Volga-Don basin. On 10 July 2011, Bulgaria sank in the Kuybyshev Reservoir of the Volga River near Syukeyevo, Kamsko-Ustyinsky District, Tatarstan, Russia,[3] with 201[4] passengers and crew aboard[5] when sailing from the town of Bolgar to the regional capital, Kazan.[6] The catastrophe led to 122 confirmed deaths (bodies recovered and identified).[7]

The sinking of Bulgaria was Russia's worst maritime disaster since 1986, when the SS Admiral Nakhimov collided with a cargo ship and 423 people died.[8]

  1. ^ a b Булгария (Украина → 04.2010) (in Russian)
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference specs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ "На "Булгарии" нашли тела трех женщин".
  5. ^ "Russia Volga boat tragedy: Medvedev orders review". BBC News. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Russia fears 110 dead as boat sinks on Volga River". BBC News. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  7. ^ ""Булгария": все погибшие найдены". Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  8. ^ Крупнейшие катастрофы кораблей стран бывшего СССР :: Чрезвычайные происшествия Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Top.rbc.ru. Retrieved on 14 July 2011.