Bulgaria Navy 3,471 personnel
(Bulgarski Voennomorski Sili (BVMS))
BULGARIAN NAVAL AVIATION (VSNB) Aviatsia Na Bulgarskiya
Voennomorski Flot
(AnBVMF)
Forces by Role & Equipment by Type
Naval Aviation (Aviatzia na Balgarski Voenno Morski Flot)
HELICOPTER 9 combat capable.
Total 9 Helicopters.
Anti-Submarine Warfare 1 sqn with 9 ASW hel:
2 Mil Mi-14BT Haze-B (operational);
4 Mil Mi-14PL Haze-A (to be replaced by 6 AS-565MB
Panther 20102011)
3 Eurocopter AS-565AN/MB Panther (originally 6 ordered but changed to 3
for financial reasons);
FACILITIES
Bulgarian
Naval
Aviation Main Headquarters:
HQ Located at Varna
Naval
Aviation Airfields and Airbases Organisation:
Varna Tchaika
(LBWC) Air Base
Independent Naval
Helicopter Squadron
(Otdelna Morska Eskadrila Vertoleti)
OMEV Squadron: AS-565AN/MB. Mi-14BT, Mi-14PL (grounded)
BULGARIAN
NAVY COASTAL DEFENCE UNITS
Coastal
Arty
Arty 2 regt; 20 bty
MSL
TACTICAL SSM: SS-C-1B Sepal;
SS-C-3 Styx
GUN 130mm 4 SM-4-1
RADARS
LAND
6 SS-C-2 CDS Coast defence system (1963-1964
delivered)
1 Rubezh/SS-C-3 Coast defence system (1985
delivered)
Storage
or Retired SSM:
16 R-11/SS-1 Scud-A SSM (1960-62 delivered. Incl
for use with Soviet nuclear warheads (under Soviet control))
144 R-17/SS-1c Scud-B SSM (1972-73 delivered. Incl
for use with Soviet nuclear warheads (under Soviet control))
100 SS-23 Spider/9M714 SSM (1986-87 delivered)
Bulgarian Navy Inventory Equipment
Type Notes:
SUBMARINES
TACTICAL SSK 1 Slava (FSU Romeo) with 8 single 533mm TT with 14 SAET-60 HWT
Principal Surface Combatants 4 FRIGATES 6
FFG 3 Drazki
(BEL Weilingen) with 2 twin (4 eff.) with MM-38 Exocet SSM, 1 MK29 Sea Sparrow
octuple with RIM-7P Sea Sparrow SAM, 2 ASTT with total of 2 L5 HWT, 1 MLE 54
Creusot-Loire 375mm (6 eff.), 1 100mm gun
FF 1 Smeli
(FSU Koni) with 1 twin (2 eff.) with 2 SA-N-4 Gecko SAM, 2 RBU 6000 Smerch 2
(24 eff.), 2 twin 76mm gun (4 eff.)
FS 2 Pauk
each with 1 SA-N-5 Grail SAM, 4 single 406mm TT, 2 RBU 1200 (10 eff.)
Patrol and Coastal Combatants 19 PFM 7: 1
Tarantul II with 2 twin (4 eff.) with 4 SS-N-2C Styx tactical SSM, 2 quad (8
eff.) with 8 SA-N-5 Grail SAM, 1 76mm gun;
6 Osa I/II each with 4 SS-N-2A Styx/SS-N-2B Styx PFI 9 Zhuk
less than 100 tonnes: PBI 3 Nesebar (BEL Neustadt)
Mine Countermeasures 17 MHC 1
(Tripartite - BEL Flower class) MSC 8: 4
Sonya; 4 Vanya, MSI 8: 6 Olya, less than 100 tonnes; 2 Yevgenya, less than 100
tonnes
Amphibious 8 LSM 2
Polnochny A (FSU) (capacity 6 MBT; 180 troops)
CRAFT LCU 6 Vydra
Logistics And Support 14: 1
AORL; 1 AOL; 1 ARS; 5 ATS; 3 AGS; 1 YDG; 2 YDT
MıSSILES:
30
9M33/SA-8 Gecko SAM (1990 delivered. For Osa-M (SA-N-4) version; for Koni
(Smeli) frigate)
500
Strela-2/SA-7 Grail Portable SAM (1976-1985 SA-N-5 naval version)
3 RIM-7
Sea Sparrow launcher with 24 missiles,
? P-15MC
Termit Anti-ship missile
30
P-15/SS-N-2A Styx Anti-ship missile (1971-1972 delivered. For Osa-1 FAC)
50
P-15U/SS-N-2B Styx Anti-ship missile (1978-1984 delivered. For Osa-2 FAC)
100)
KS-1/AS-1 Kennel Anti-ship missile (1963-1964 delivered. S-2 (SS-C-2b Samlet)
coast defence version)
35 P-15M/SS-N-2C
Styx Anti-ship missile (1985 delivered. P-20 (SS-C-3) version for coast defence
system)
10
P-15M/SS-N-2C Styx Anti-ship missile (1990 delivered. For Tarantul-2 (Mulniya)
FAC)
3 MM-38
Exocet launcher with 12 missiles,
FACILITIES Bases
Located at Atya, Balchik, Vidin, Sozopol, Burgas, Varna