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MS Balkan is a small, communist-era cruise ship, built originally as the SS Kardam of 1901 and converted, already a very old ship, into a very intimate (and fashionable for its time) cruise ship. It served throughout Bulgaria's communist years and was scrapped in 1993 after it was not needed anymore when communism collapsed.
Name: MS Balkan
Type: Passenger/cargo liner (later cruise ship)
Built: 1901
Converted: 1952-1955
Length (overall): 173.8m (as built), 177.7 m (1955)
Beam: 19.4 m
Draft: 8.3 m
Gross Register Tonnage (GRT): 18,940
Net Register Tonnage (NRT): 10,860
Deadweight (DWT): 4,250 t
Displacement (full load): 23,800 t
Service speed:
16.5 knots
Range:
9,500 nautical miles at 12 knots
Passengers:
1,128 (original)
684 (after conversion)
Crew:
312
Decks:
9 (boat deck + А to Ж)
Lifeboats:
16 lifeboats total






MS Balkan is a small, communist-era cruise ship, built originally as the SS Kardam of 1901 and converted, already a very old ship, into a very intimate (and fashionable for its time) cruise ship. It served throughout Bulgaria's communist years and was scrapped in 1993 after it was not needed anymore when communism collapsed.
Name: MS Balkan
Type: Passenger/cargo liner (later cruise ship)
Built: 1901
Converted: 1952-1955
Length (overall): 173.8m (as built), 177.7 m (1955)
Beam: 19.4 m
Draft: 8.3 m
Gross Register Tonnage (GRT): 18,940
Net Register Tonnage (NRT): 10,860
Deadweight (DWT): 4,250 t
Displacement (full load): 23,800 t
Service speed:
16.5 knots
Range:
9,500 nautical miles at 12 knots
Passengers:
1,128 (original)
684 (after conversion)
Crew:
312
Decks:
9 (boat deck + А to Ж)
Lifeboats:
16 lifeboats total





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