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Bulgaria Submarine Metal Scrab

A tugboat tugs Bulgarian almost 60 years old Russian made clas Romeo submarine "Nadezhda" (Hope) during an unique sea transportation operation in the Black sea gulf of Varna to its way to Turkey where it has to be destroed and serrated for a metal scrab, Friday, Aug. 2014. Bulgaria's submarine force was formally set up as an individual unit during World War I, in 1916. In 1954, the Soviet Union gave Bulgaria three submarines, and in 1958, two more: Nadezhada (Hope) and Slava (Glory). The only Bulgarian submarine that was operation in the recent years was the Nadezhda (i.e. "Hope"); it has practically been retired for ten years because it lacks a battery. At the beginning of 2009, the Bulgarian Navy considered turning it into an underwater museum for scuba divers but at last it was sold for a metal scrab. The Bulgarian Navy has formally shut down its submarine unit as now does not operate any submarine. Photo by: Petar Petrov/Impact Press Group/NurPhoto

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