Old submarine decommissioned as Bulgarian navy prepares to host exercise breeze

After long service in the Bulgarian Navy, the Nadezhda (Hope) submarine will be decommissioned from service and transferred to Varna Municipality.

It will subsequently continue its career as part of a navy museum exhibit, according to an official statement from the naval base chief, Roumen Nikolov, who stated this on January 5, as reported by Focus news.

This has come as a reaction to the order from Nikolay Tsonev, the Bulgarian Defence Minister who issued the order for Nadezdha's decommissioning in mid-December 2008.

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