Naval Academy of Varna

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Naval Academy "Nikola Wapzarow"
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motto Filii maris sumus
founding 1881
Sponsorship Bulgarian Navy , Bulgarian Army
place Varna
country Bulgaria
Rector Flotilla Admiral Professor of Military Sciences Boyan Mednikarov
Students 2550
Website www.naval-acad.bg
Varna (Europe)
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Naval Academy Varna, Bulgaria

The Naval Academy "Nikola Jonkow Wapzarow" (common transliteration Vaptsarov and Vaptzarov , Bulgarian Вапцаров ) is located in Bulgaria in the city of Varna . Graduates serve in the Bulgarian Navy , work in the Bulgarian Merchant Navy and as specialists in the maritime industry around the world. The Naval Academy is:

  1. The oldest technical educational institution in Bulgaria: founded on January 9, 1881;
  2. Founding member of the International Association of Maritime Universities;
  3. Member of the International Maritime Organization ;
  4. Partner university in the EU program " Erasmus Plus ";
  5. Partner university in the EU program “MarTEL Plus” ( “Leonardo Da Vinci” );
  6. Registered on the White List of the International Maritime Organization;
  7. Registered in Lloyd's Register : ISO 9001: 2000 certificate for all subjects.

history

The Naval Academy is the oldest technical educational institution in Bulgaria . The development began with several independent institutions as precursors of the current faculties, sections, chairs and universities of applied sciences within the Naval Academy.

First decades

The basics of maritime education in Bulgaria were in the city of Russe created the War Department of the Principality of Bulgaria circulars №7 / January 16, 1881, in which it is stated that the Naval Academy was founded with effect from 9 January 1881.

Naval Academy of Varna.
Lieutenant Captain Alexander Konkevich, first in command of the Bulgarian Navy and founder of the Naval Academy.
The first head of the Naval Academy graduate engineer Podporutschik Pawel Alexejewitsch Maschnin.

It was founded on the initiative of Lieutenant Alexander Konkewitsch. He was "Commander of the Navy and Sea Properties", as the official name of the Bulgarian Navy was in the nineteenth century. The first head of the Naval Academy is Podporutschik Pawel Maschnin , a graduate engineer from the Corps of Marine Mechanics, who held this position until March 1882.

The Naval Academy was entrusted with the task of training mechanics and machinists for the Royal Navy. From 1883 onwards the designations “mechanic school”, “technical school” and “mechanic class” were also found, but the status remained unchanged and the successful training of technical specialists for the Bulgarian Navy and for the merchant fleet was continued. Graduates of the Naval Academy took part in the Serbian-Bulgarian War in 1885 and received awards.

Reforms of the “Ministry for National Enlightenment” at the end of the 19th century promoted the development of educational institutions, including in maritime training. As a result, the Naval Academy was rebuilt in 1892 and renamed the "Naval School for NCOs", where specialists were trained as boatswain , helmsman , fireworker ( ship artilleryman ), mine-layer and mechanic / machinist. In the same year, the first graduation certificate of the "Alma Mater" of the Navy was issued.

The diploma of the graduate Chadschipanteleev from 1892 is the oldest known diploma of the Naval Academy to date.

In 1893 the first "Interim Course in Naval Sciences" for the training of naval officers was established in Rousse . In this sense, the Naval School of 1881 functions as the basis for the Naval Academy and as a model for today's Faculty of Engineering, and the interim course from 1893 as a model for today's Faculty of Nautical Science .

The interim course was attended by officers who graduated from the Military Academy in Sofia to receive special naval training, as well as Bulgarian students from foreign naval schools who did not graduate. The graduates of the interim course took exams and gained the qualification of naval officers.

Textbooks 1903

The next stage of development began at the beginning of the 20th century when the relocation to Varna took place in 1900 under the direction of Lieutenant Todor Solarow. Todor Solarow justified the need to deepen the education, so that the Naval Academy became the first technical college by a law passed by the people's assembly in 1904. The duration of the study was extended to six years. In 1906 the first diplomas were issued. The first building specially designed for the purposes of the Naval Academy was built in 1910.

Textbooks 1905–1910

The institutions that remained in Russe were integrated into the “Technical College for Mine Layers and Mechanics / Machinists”, with a study duration of four years and an internship during the course, whereby the first two years were counted towards compulsory military service. After it was temporarily closed in 1909, it was restructured in 1912 because of the increased need of the Royal Navy for technical specialists, and renamed the “University of Applied Sciences for Specialists”, which is subordinate to the newly established “Training Section”, later renamed “Marine Training Section” has been.

Textbooks and discharge certificate 1911

The “University of Applied Sciences for Specialists” was formally founded in 1912, but it was not until 1913 that the first class of 34 students was admitted. During the First World War , in addition to the originally existing sections minelayer / electrical engineering , mechanics / machinists and helmsman in the short term, the two new sections divers resp. Radiotelegraphy founded.

The study period was four years. The “University of Applied Sciences for Special Forces” is regarded as a model for the current modern faculty for postgraduate studies and for the “Vocational College for NCOs”.

As early as 1912, the “Technical College for Special Forces” and the “Royal Navy Machine School” were part of the “training section”.

"Draski" torpedo boat, 1907–1920

During the Balkan Wars and the First World War (1912-1918) graduates of the "training section" took part in mine-laying and mine clearance measures, in the attack by the Bulgarian torpedo boat "Draski" ( Bulgarian Дръзки ) on the Turkish cruiser Hamidiye on November 8th 1912, on the landings in Balchik , Kawarna and Kaliakra , and in the battles in Balchik on December 13, 1916. You also had the honor of mastering the new technology in the Navy as a naval aviator and as a crew on the first Bulgarian submarine.

“Draski” torpedo boat, National Naval Museum, Varna, Bulgaria
Historical uniform

At this point, German and French began to be taught in addition, and candidate officers among the graduates were sent to the Accademia Navale (Italy, 1914) and later to the Mürwik Naval School (Germany 1916–1918) (cf. Bulgarian Naval Officer Candidates at the Naval School Mürwik .)

Parade entrance of the main building of the machine school of the Royal Navy until 1916. Scale 1: 100. Author of the model: Architect Stojan Stamow.
Parade entrance of the main building of the machine school of the Royal Navy until 1916

In the meantime, groundbreaking changes have become apparent at the “Machine School of the Royal Navy” itself: After a short qualification course for a selected group of graduates, the first class of officers was retired in 1917. The move to the building of today's aquarium in the sea garden took place in 1918.

After the end of the war, training in the Bulgarian Navy was restructured. The training section took over the management of all training facilities from which the modern naval academy emerged.

In the period from 1919 to 1920 the "Course for Officers" (successor to the interim course) was not only successfully completed, but the graduates were awarded for the first time on the basis of Council of Ministers Decree No. 6/1. June 1920 the certificate for completed marine university special training "according to the full program of the Marine Corps in St. Petersburg ". College diplomas were also awarded to students from previous courses in the course. Later the curriculum was significantly improved. On the basis of the experience gained, courses for nautical science were set up in 1925 and 1928, in which officer candidates, after several years of training in theory and practice, now received certificates for a completed marine university specialization. Among the graduates were also many young officers of the "Marine Coast Police", as the official name of the Bulgarian Navy was under the Neuilly Agreement , as well as nautical officers in the sense of the term " Captain on a long voyage " in the service of the "Bulgarian Steamship Trading Company" as the predecessor of the “Bulgarian Sea Fleet AG” or the Navibulgar company .

Machine School of the Navy

In the spring of 1921, the "Royal Navy" was dissolved in accordance with the Neuilly Peace Treaty . However, since the machine school had not been subordinate to the War Ministry for a year when the Neuilly peace treaty came into force, it was renamed the “machine school of the Navy”.

The practical training took place at mine layers, in arsenals, in radio transmitters, in electric power plants, in railway depots and in workshops, at Boschurischte airport, in the Pernik mine and other places. The machine school was temporarily subordinate to the Ministry of Industry and Labor, and later to the Ministry of Railways, News and Ports. Officials from the Ministry of Education took final exams, and graduates were eligible to study at any technical college, including abroad.

After the end of the First World War, the “Marine Technical College for Steersers ” was spun off and converted into the “Technical College for Fisheries”, which existed until April 4, 1933.

In 1930 the "College for Special Forces of the Navy" was reformed and as a result the three sections "Electrical Engineering", "Machines" and "Motors" were founded, and their curricula were supplemented and improved.

The “Technical College for Mine Layers, Mechanics and Machinists”, which was later renamed “Technical College for Specialists”, and the Navy Machine School were the first training centers in Bulgaria to systematically provide highly qualified specialists for the needs of the Navy, the merchant fleet and the newly emerging Industry in Bulgaria.

In 1929 the legal status of the “Machine School of the Navy” was established by law. It was renamed "Naval School". In the two years that followed, the “Seafaring” section was founded with the task of training officers on watch for the merchant fleet. The officers of the Navy Police Service were partially trained at the Naval School, but passed the final exams at the Military School in Sofia, where additional subjects were taught. The military school in Sofia, which had had the status of a university since 1923, issued the officers corresponding diplomas in accordance with the Neuilly Peace Treaty , which stipulated that Bulgaria was only allowed to have one military school.

The “Machine School of the Navy” moved in 1934 to the building of the already closed “Technical College for Fisheries” on the island of Sweti Kirik near Sozopol , then back in 1940 to Varna, and got the large representative building on Stefan-Karadscha-Straße . In the same year, the graduates took part in the landing in Balchik , after which the reintegration of South Dobruja into the Kingdom of Bulgaria took place.

In 1942 the naval school was given a decree by Tsar Boris III. the status of "Special College of the Royal Navy". In 1943, the "Marine Section of Reserve Officers" was established with the task of training reserve officers for naval warfare.

Development after the Second World War

In 1949, the poet and graduate born in 1926, Nikola Wapzarow , was appointed patron.

A special chapter in history is the training of foreign students in the course of the higher international reputation of the university. The beginnings go back to 1953, when the first students from Czechoslovakia and students from Albania began their studies. By 1994 a total of 141 foreign students from a total of eleven countries on four continents had successfully completed their diploma studies.

Foreign cadets from the Naval Academy in front of Nikola Wapzarov's monument , around 1986.
Training ship 421, on board a cadet from Yemen .

The move to the current campus at Wassil-Drumew-Straße 73 took place in 1954. The status of a college for engineers was granted in 1956. The entry in the register of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of the UN , whereby diplomas gained worldwide recognition, took place in 1960. The main building of the campus was expanded by one floor in 1968. The registration in the white list of the IMO as a university with recognized sea education according to the convention STCW 78/95 took place in 2000, and the full accreditation as a university in 2001. The certificate for quality ISO 9002.4 for the subject nautical of the Lloyd's Register is from 2000 , and the ISO 9001: 2000 certificate for all subjects from 2004. The “Vocational College for NCOs for the Naval Academy” was founded in 2007.

Tasks and significance after the Second World War

After the Second World War, the number of ships in the Bulgarian Navy was greatly reduced and the tasks were significantly restricted. The navy was almost completely liquidated. Gradually, the reconstruction began, the number and type of ships increased steadily, so that, also due to the increased demand, the training of new sea specialists had to be accelerated and adapted to the new technology and the new work organization.

From 1945 the development of new curricula with programs for the training of ship captains and ship mechanics for the purposes of the navy and the merchant fleet began. According to ordinance number 251 of the Presidium of the Bulgarian Parliament of 1956, graduates of the Naval Academy received the title of qualified engineer with qualification as ship captain or ship mechanic as part of a university education for seafarers.

Dedication of the Naval Academy Nakhimov the Soviet Union, Sevastopol , 1964th

During this period the Bulgarian Navy received new ships and technology. The Bulgarian merchant fleet was systematically and steadily expanded, including through new classes of ships, which were either built domestically or purchased abroad. The highest level of the Bulgarian merchant fleet during this period was reached in 1985 with 127 ships and a total of over 1.8 million tons of water displacement.

The constantly growing, huge merchant fleet required the steady increase in the number of graduates of the Naval Academy, which in some years numbered up to 110 ship captains and ship mechanics.

The Naval Academy began its dynamic rise in all areas, especially with regard to equipment for teaching purposes, teaching methods, educational work, increasing the qualifications of lecturers, research and development, as well as the elaboration and implementation of inventions and rationalizations.

Training ship Nikola Vaptzarov on a training
voyage meets circumnavigator N. Djambasow on the high seas.
Training ship
Nikola Vaptzarov on the Bosporus, engineer A. Totschkow with cadets.

Specialized laboratories were set up at all chairs in order to further intensify the practice-oriented training of the cadets. Most of the equipment - such as B. test and measuring stands, models, profiles, simulation systems - were completed by lecturers and cadets, or purchased externally. A special focus was on training at training facilities - on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Naval Academy, the first training facility for security mechanics was put into operation.

Planetarium of the Naval Academy Varna.
Wall painting from the planetarium.

New residential complexes for cadets, a sports center with a multi-purpose hall and swimming pool, and other facilities were built. The curricula and programs were continually developed and expanded, with the emphasis on preparing the cadets for the high demands of the ever-growing navy and merchant fleet. In order to achieve this goal, various forms of training were used: methodological discussions within chairs, annual meetings with lecturers from chairs with comparable teaching and / or research focuses from other military universities for the purpose of exchanging experiences in the field of teaching and the methodology of leadership in theoretical and practical Exercises and the use of the latest technical and didactic means in teaching.

Various forms of active participation by cadets in the teaching process were implemented in order to achieve the high goals set for the training.

Award for achievements within the framework of the TNTFM initiative , IX conference, 1977, to A. Totschkow, a graduate engineer.

Most of the cadets took part in projects of the Movement for Technical and Scientific Research of the Youth TNTM ( Bulgarian ТНТМ ) or the Marine Youth TNTFM ( Bulgarian ТНТФМ ) from the first year of study , and systematically deepened knowledge and skills over time, and often completed research and development as part of theses. Extension and improvement of the equipment of lecture rooms and laboratories, as well as application-oriented scientific topics had the highest priority. At the Naval Academy there were annual exhibitions as part of TNTM , at which lecturers and cadets working on chairs presented their projects and results, which were evaluated by commissions, and the best of them received awards. TNTM projects and results were then presented to the navy, and the best of them were presented at TNTM exhibitions organized by the Bulgarian People's Army, most of which took place at the Plovdiv Exhibition Center . In this way, interested representatives of civil society also had the opportunity to get to know the achievements of the future officers, cadets and soldiers in research and teaching. The Naval Academy received regular awards and prizes at TNTM exhibitions.

The teams of the Naval Academy also regularly received top placements in state and army Olympiads, including in physics, mathematics and technical drawing. Every year the Naval Academy also held scientific conferences for cadets, in which theoretical and scientific research results were presented, the best papers were published in joint conference reports, and the authors were honored.

Awards: Olympiads, TNTM, TNTFM

The participation of lecturers and cadets in research projects and inventions was consciously and purposefully promoted. The “Technical-Economic Council” TIS ( Bulgarian ТИС ) of the Naval Academy discussed the reports submitted on proposed rationalizations on a monthly basis and determined the scope of the funding. The focus of the activities was in particular the creation of research equipment, measuring devices and devices to promote teaching and research. The state honorary title of the People's Republic of Bulgaria “Honored Inventor” was awarded to the lecturer officers Tsvetan Papasov and Velichko Yanakiev, among others.

Awards: education, press

In 1988, Captain III Ranges Atanas Totschkow was the first graduate of the Naval Academy to be awarded the academic degree of "Diplom-Patentingenieur" (Diplom Patent Engineer) by the University of Patent Studies in Sofia. In the next few years, the number of applications submitted and accepted by the patent office for the recognition of inventions and industrial utility models rose rapidly, with the authors predominantly being young lecturers who carried out scientific research or worked on application-oriented topics.

During this period, one of the reading rooms in the library of the Naval Academy was converted into an information center and connected directly to the Scientific and Technical Library NTB ( Bulgarian НТБ ) in the capital Sofia through virtual workstations / terminals . In this way, cadets and lecturers from the Naval Academy were given the opportunity to conduct direct research in the extensive inventory of the NTB , which has been of great use for research and teaching.

Another focus of the activities of the Naval Academy during this period are projects in the framework of the “Scientific Research SectorNIS ( Bulgarian НИС ), for the purposes of which new administrative structures were created. Many years of experience and the high qualification of lecturers and employees, especially those with technical training, made it possible to successfully cope with tasks in the naval and merchant fleet, as well as in the civil industrial sector.

Inventions, rationalizations

The annual scientific conference at the Naval Academy developed over time into a platform for the presentation and review of the scientific development of lecturers and scientific employees of the Naval Academy, but also from other military colleges, universities, institutions and organizations, both from Germany and abroad abroad. Annual reports and summaries were published in the research series.

In parallel to the training in teaching and in practice, particularly great efforts were made to train the cadets to become responsible and ethically conscious specialists who are able to work and lead with people by imparting values. Officers from the Naval Academy and cadets from the higher semesters took an active part in the “Bulgarian Glory” initiative, which supported the teaching of values ​​for children in the spirit of love for their homeland and patriotism. For this purpose, among other things, meetings with war veterans were organized, the children were taught various technical skills, such as B. to tie sea knots, there were song competitions and festive fireworks on the occasion of anniversaries.

Alumni

In summary, it can be said that the Naval Academy enjoyed a high reputation and high profile during these years, both in the Bulgarian Army and in scientific circles, especially because of the modern, progressive forms and methods of communication and cooperation between lecturers, scientific staff and Cadets: Highly qualified, disciplined and responsible specialists with globally recognized diplomas were trained in an atmosphere that was appropriate for social psychology and development, with ingenuity, support and motivation.

In 1989 Bulgaria embarked on the path of democratic change, and the upheavals inherent in the process ultimately also reached the Naval Academy. The changes initiated particularly affected internal party-political structures, but there were also significant, extensive layoffs, and the majority of the lecturers were demobilized. In the period between 1998 and 2001 the Naval Academy was part of a sometimes heated public discussion regarding the long-term strategy in Bulgaria for the development of the navy, the maritime industry and foreign trade.

The central role of the Naval Academy in ensuring high-quality training for the specialists at sea that are still urgently needed was the focus of the debates. At that time, the country's Ministry of Defense developed a new strategy of establishing a national military university on the basis of the Veliko Tarnovo Military College and converting all other military universities in the country into faculties of the Military University. After violent protests by the public, but also by experts in the field of maritime sciences, as well as after long public discussions, it was finally decided by resolution of the 39th People's Assembly on June 14, 2002 that the Naval Academy will continue to retain its independence and the military universities in Veliko Tarnowo, in Shumen and in Dolna Mitropolia to be converted into faculties of the national military university "Wasil Levski" in Veliko Tarnovo.

The Naval Academy is currently further modernizing the technical equipment and, on the basis of the lecturers, is still able to implement the strategic changes with regard to the EU , NATO , and the International Maritime Organization (IMO), as well as specialists at sea for the Navy, for to train the merchant fleet and for other institutions at home and abroad.

In cooperation with the Naval Academy in Warna, cadets have been trained in the accredited bachelor's degree "Organization and management of military formations at the tactical level" since 2017 at the Sofia Military Medical Academy .

School ships

Course participants of all courses at the Naval Academy were trained on special school ships as part of training trips abroad and were thus able to gain their first experience with the sea. The focus was on imparting technical knowledge and practical skills.

Training ship Gorjanin, H. Dimitrov - Choni.

The training ship “ Gorjanin ” was mainly used as part of the course “Nautics for the Navy”.

Training and trading ship
Nikola Vaptzarov .
Training ship Nikola Vaptzarov on a training
trip , graduate engineer A. Totschkow teaches course participants on the steering gear.

All courses were trained on the training and trading ship Nikola Vaptzarov .

Kaliakra sailing ship .
Kaliakra sailing ship .

Twenty to thirty selected course participants were regularly trained on the sailing ship “Kaliakra” , especially when they took part in international regattas. Among the most prestigious awards are those of the Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Races , a long-distance regatta for tall ships that, in addition to racing, promotes international understanding and exchange between young people.

  1. Training ship "Gorjanin",
  2. Training ship 421,
  3. School and trading ship Nikola Vaptzarov (IMO 7500827),
  4. Sailing ship "Kaliakra" .

planetarium

On March 3, 1986, the largest planetarium on the Balkan Peninsula was opened on the site of the Naval Academy , which is used for the purpose of training prospective ship captains in astronomy at sea, as well as being visited by guests of the city. The diameter of the dome is 18 meters and the planetarium has 120 seats. Four thematic cycles with demonstrations in nine working languages ​​are offered.

Astronomical Observatory

On January 9, 2020, the Astronomical Observatory of the Naval Academy was opened by the Rector, Flotilla Admiral Professor of Military Sciences Mednikarov, as part of the celebrations on the occasion of its 139th anniversary.

This new teaching and research facility of the Naval Academy examines, among other things, near-Earth and dangerous asteroids , meteor showers , comets , asteroids from the asteroid belt between the planetary orbits of Mars and Jupiter , solar activity , dynamics of artificial satellites and supernovae in nearby galaxies . The educational tasks include, among other things, theoretical and practical training for prospective ship captains as well as for students in astronomy according to the curriculum of the Naval Academy.

The equipment of the observatory includes a Maksutov – Cassegrain telescope (150 mm) in a ScopeDome dome with a diameter of 3 meters for observations using optics and radio waves .

structure

The Naval Academy consists of the following organizational units: Faculty of Nautical Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Department for Postgraduate Qualifications and Vocational College for NCOs.

Qualifications for maritime areas are imparted as follows:

  • I. For the Navy, with a five-year study period. Graduates receive two Bachelor degrees at the same time, one each for the military and one for the civil subject. The subjects are:
  1. Nautical science for the navy;
  2. Marine engines and mechanisms for the navy;
  3. Marine communications and radio systems.
  • II. For the civil shipping industry, with a study duration of four years. Graduates receive a bachelor's degree. The subjects are:
  1. Nautical science;
  2. Marine radio electronics;
  3. Marine engines and mechanisms;
  4. Marine electrical systems;
  5. Ship repair technology;
  6. Ship and port operations;
  7. Ocean engineering;
  8. River navigation;
  9. Water transport management;
  10. Information and communication technologies in the maritime industry.

International Relations

Naval Academy Warna maintains intensive international relations, also within the framework of the "European Naval Academies' Superintendents Conference" (ENASC), including the following naval academies: [7]

Naval Academy designations in history

Period designation
1881-1892 Marine College

Technical college for machines

Technical college for technology

1892-1900 College for NCOs in the Navy and at sea
1900-1904 Marine college of machinery
1904-1917 Marine technical school for machines
1917-1920 Marine Technical College
1920-1929 Marine college of machinery
1929-1942 Marine College
1942-1945 Royal Naval College
1945-1946 Naval College of the People in the Naval Forces
1946-1949 People's Naval College
1949-1956 People's Naval College
1956-1991 People's Navy College
from 1991 Naval Academy

Bulgarian: Висше Военноморско Училище "Никола Йонков Вапцаров", ВВМУ

English: Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy

Head of the Naval Academy

1881 to 1928 1928 until today
Engineer Podporutschik Pawel Alexejewitsch Maschnin 1881–1882 Captain II. Ranges Sawa Ivanov 1928–1931
Graduate engineer Porutschik Pawel M. Isotow 1882–1884 Major Botscho N. Ratschew 1931–1934
Graduate engineer Captain Pawel D. Kusminski 1884–1885 Lieutenant Captain Peter Nedelchew 1934–1935
Mechanic II rank Alexei Teodorow Nadein 1885 Captain II. Ranges Todor D. Zizelkow 1935
Graduate engineer Mitschman I. Ranges Konstantin R. Boschkow 1885–1886, 1899–1900 Lieutenant Captain Stefan Chrankow 1936
Michman I. Ranges Vladimir W. Luzki 1886 Lieutenant Pawel Pavlov 1936
Michman I. Ranges Vladimir P. Kissimow 1886–1888 Lieutenant Stanjo Walkow 1936-1937
Captain Metodi St. Boitschev 1888–1895 Captain II. Ranges Stefan T. Zanew 1937–1939, 1940, 1941–1944
Lieutenant Stantscho D. Dimitriew 1895-1896 Captain Georgi G. Pezow 1939–1940
Mitschman I. Ranges Stefan Ch. Abadschijew 1896–1897 Captain II. Ranges Atanas Shalapatov 1944–1945
Michman I. Ranges Jordan Minkow 1897 Sea captain Angel I. Papasow 1945–1946, 1949–1955
Michman I. Ranges Nikola Popov 1898 Captain II. Ranges Vassil Kutewski 1946–1947
Michman I. Ranges Simeon M. Winarow 1898-1899 Captain II. Ranges Dimitar E. Minkow 1947
Engineer Lieutenant Todor Solarow 1900–1906 Captain II Ranges Branimir Ormanov 1947–1948
Lieutenant Commander Dimitar D. Dobrew 1906–1908 Captain II. Rank Stefan Nikolow 1948–1949
Lieutenant Commander Dimitar G. Kowachev 1908–1910 Sea captain Metodi D. Mutafow 1956–1959
Lieutenant Iwan D. Angelow 1910–1912 Rear Admiral Ditscho Usunow 1959–1972
Captain II rank Rashko Serafimov 1913 Rear Admiral Tschawdar Manoltschew 1972–1975
Lieutenant Captain Boris Popov 1913–1914 Sea captain Petko J. Chalachev 1975–1976
Captain Georgi A. Antonow 1914–1915 Sea captain Emil Stantschew 1976–1982
Lieutenant Kiril G. Swetogorsky 1915-1919 Sea captain Rumen Popow 1982–1990
Lieutenant Captain Ivan A. Mikhailov 1919–1920, 1921–1924 Sea captain Mintscho Bakalow 1990–1996
Lieutenant Wassil G. Ignatow 1920–1921 Sea captain Michail D. Jonow 1996–1998, 2000–2001
Lieutenant Boris Stanew in 1921 Captain of the Sea Lecturer Dr. Ivan Jordanov 1998-2000
Lieutenant Captain Georgi Slavyanov 1924–1926 Sea captain Stanko Stankow 2002 to November 15, 2007
Lieutenant Captain Peter I. Kaschlakew 1926–1927 Sea captain Dimitar Angelow November 15, 2007 to May 26, 2011
Captain II. Ranges Todor W. Todorow 1927–1928 Sea captain professor of military science Boyan Mednikarov since May 27, 2011
  1. All ranks refer to the date of entry into service.

See also

Web links

Commons : Nikola Vaptsarov Naval School  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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  10. Faculty of Engineering
  11. ^ Faculty of Nautical Sciences
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