site.btaMarch 24, 1976: Biggest Ship Ever Built in Bulgaria Launched in Varna
Ceremonial rally at the Georgi Dimitrov Shipbuilding Plant for the launch of the Khan Asparuh tanker, Varna, on the Black Sea, March 24, 1976 (BTA Archive Photo/Dimitar Bozhinov)
The cargo capacity of the tanker was equal to the cargo capacity of the entire Bulgarian fleet in 1961.
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