August 2007. The Black Sea. Photo by E. Pavlov.

Country: Bulgaria.
Class, [Type]: Vanya ( Project 257D ), [MSC].
Homeport: Varna.

Builder: Shipyard Avangard, Petrozavodsk, USSR.
Commission date: 1971.
Decommission date: 19 June 2008.

Displacement ( tons ): 249 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 40 x 7,3 x 1,2.
Main machinery: 2 x M-870 diesels ( 2500 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 15.
Range ( miles ): 1500 at 12 knots.
Complement: 32 ( 4 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 2 AK-230 30mm.
Mines: 8.

Radars: Navigation: Don-2.
Sonars: MG-69/79.
Sweeps: MT-3, PEMT-2, ST-2, AT-2.