Engineering:Khan Asparukh (ship)
 Khan Asparukh in Varna shipyard
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| History | |
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| Name: | Khan Asparukh |
| Owner: | Navibulgar |
| Operator: | Navibulgar |
| Port of registry: |
 Bulgaria, Varna |
| Builder: | Varna shipyard |
| Laid down: | May 2003 |
| Launched: | 27 March 1976 |
| Fate: | Scrapped December 2003 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | 244 m (800 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 39 m (127 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 15.5 m (50 ft 10 in) |
Khan Asparukh was the largest Bulgarian tanker owned and operated by Navibulgar.[1]
The ship had a length overall of 224 metres (734 ft 11 in) and a draft of 15.5 metres (50 ft 10 in). The tanker used a 8RND-90 Sulzer Cegielski engine with 17,300 kilowatts (23,200 hp).[2] She a 100,000-tonne capacity. The ship began construction in 1974 in Varna shipyard. It was built according to a project of the Shipbuilding Institute in the city of Varna with the chief designer engineer Tasho Popov.[3] The first 100,000-tonne tanker built in Bulgaria was launched on March 24, 1976. The first captain and chief mechanic, respectively: Vidyo Videv and Peter Tsaperkov.[4]
The tanker was a part of the Navibulgar until December 3, 2003, when it was sold for scrapping in Alang, India.[5]
References
- ↑ Varna shipyard history bulyard.com
- ↑ МОДЕЛ НА 100 000-ТОННИЯ ТАНКЕР “ХАН АСПАРУХ” morskivestnik.com/
- ↑ "НТС Варна К Л У Б „КОРАБОСТРОИТЕЛ – ВЕТЕРАНИ” nts.varna-bg.org". http://nts.varna-bg.org/storage/novini/korav-vterani.pdf.
- ↑ ТАНКЕРЪТ „ХАН АСПАРУХ” НА СНИМКА И НА КАРТИНА в."Моски вестник" morskivestnik.com //
- ↑ Спомени от соца: Танкерът „Хан Аспарух” – флагманът на родното корабостроене flagman.bg/ //visited 03.02.2020
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