Built as a cargo vessel by G.Dimitrov Shipyard, Varna for Navigation Maritime Bulgare
Launched under the name ALEXKO KONSTANTINOV, she was named after the Bulgarian writer Alexko Konstantinov (1863-1897), two sisterships the PEYO IAVOROV and GEO MILEV.
Tonnage 12.174 gross, 5.818 net, 14.313 dwt, dim. 158.9 x 22.8 x 9.0m.
One 6-cyl Bryansk/B&W engine, 13.100 bhp., one shaft, speed 14 knots.
Five holds, loading/discharging gear seven 12 tons cranes.
Could carry 330 TEU’s, 268 in holds and 62 on deck.
1985 Completed.
During her career she was refitted in a full container vessel, a photo on http://www.wellandcanal.ca/salties/a/al ... atinov.htm gives her without any loading gear, and her mast has been removed. Refitted in 1993 from cargo vessel to container ship.
2009 http://www.equasis.org : Owned and managed by Navibulgar, Varna, IMO No 8404886. Call sign LZKA.
Under Bulgarian flag.
26 April 2010 arrived at Alang, India for scrapping.
Bulgaria 1992 2lev sg 3873 scott 3731
Source: Comecon Merchant Ships by A. Greenway.