Bulgarian torpedo gunboat Nadezhda
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Nadezhda ({{langx|bg|Надежда||Hope}}) was an early 20th-century torpedo gunboat of Bulgaria, the largest warship ever possessed by the Royal Bulgarian Navy. It was often referred to as a cruiser by her Bulgarian owners,Ivan Ilchev, The rose of the Balkans: a short history of Bulgaria, Colibri Publishing, 2005, p. 253 a designation that might not be too far-fetched, considering there were indeed smaller torpedo cruisers in service with the European navies of the time, such as the Italian Folgore-class.
Construction
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File:BASA-3K-7-458-3.jpg and Dimitar Rizov on Nadezhda's deck]]
Nadezhda was made of steel, built by Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde in Bordeaux, France, and was launched in 1898. The warship displaced 715 tons and measured 67 meters in length, had a beam of 8.30 meters and a draught of 3.10 meters. She was powered by four boilers generating a speed of 18 knots and had a crew of 97. Her armament consisted of six guns (2 x 100 mm, 2 x 65 mm, 2 x 47 mm) and two 381 mm torpedo tubes.Roger Chesneau, N. J. M. Campbell, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905, Mayflower Books, 1979, p. 415
Career
Nadezhda served as a royal yacht for the King of Bulgaria, the aft part of her deck house being converted into a lounge. In 1912 she ran aground, but was soon refloated and repaired.Reginald Crabtree, Royal Yachts of Europe: From the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century, David & Charles Publishing, 1975 During the First Balkan War, she was disarmed due to her poor condition. Her guns were soon fitted again but were landed once more in 1915. In September 1918, she was taken to Sevastopol for repairs, but her crew abandoned her there in December that year.
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Category:Ships built in France
Category:World War I naval ships of Bulgaria