Bulgaria (ship)
Bulgaria on 8 August 2010
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| Owner: | OAO SK Kamskoye Rechnoye Parohodstvo (ОАО СК Камское речное пароходство) |
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| Builder: | Slovenské lodenice Komárno a.s. Komárno, Czechoslovakia |
| Yard number: | 416 |
| Launched: | 1955 |
| Out of service: | 10 July 2011 |
| Fate: | Sunk |
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| Class and type: | 785/OL800 (in Slovakia) |
| Type: | River cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 1,003 |
| Length: | 80.2 m (263 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.5 m (41 ft) |
| Draught: | 1.9 m (6.2 ft) |
| Decks: | 2 |
| Installed power: | 546 kilowatts (732 hp) |
| Propulsion: | diesel-electric, two engines |
| Speed: | 20.5 km/h (12.7 mph; 11.1 kn) |
| Capacity: | 233 |
Bulgaria (Russian: Булга́рия, tr. Bulgariya) was a class 785/OL800 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, with 201 passengers and crew aboard when sailing from the town of Bolgar to the regional capital, Kazan. The catastrophe led to 122 confirmed deaths (bodies recovered and identified).
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.
Bulgaria was built at Slovak shipyard in Komárno, Czechoslovakia, in 1955 as Ukraina, and was renamed in February 2010 to Bulgaria after the Volga Bulgaria. Her length was 80.2 metres (263 ft), her beam was 12.5 metres (41 ft), her draft was 1.9 metres (6.2 ft), and her power output was 273 kilowatts (366 hp). She had two engines and two decks. Her cruising speed was 20.5 kilometres per hour (12.7 mph; 11.1 kn), and her original passenger capacity was 233 (then reduced after overhaul).
At the time of the sinking, Bulgaria was owned by Kamskoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo, which leased the ship to OOO Briz, which in turn subleased it to OOO Argorechtur, which operated it, according to media reports, on a bareboat charter. That means OOO Agrorechtur accepted sole liability for technical maintenance and crew placement. Investigators claim that Argorechtur was operating the cruise ship without a proper licence, and the director of OOO Agrorechtur was arrested on 12 July 2011.
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