Shipbucket

Nadezhda - the flagship of Bulgarian navy during the Second Balkan war of 1913, French-built gunboat, launched in 1898 and armed with 380mm TTs, 100mm, 65mm and 47mm guns (two of each) she was officially ranked as a cruiser and was often used as a Royal Yacht.

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Excellent rendition, WhyMe! It reminds me that this fledgling navy was actually organized and trained by the later so ill-fated Russian Lt Commander Zinovy Petrovich Rozhdestvensky (1848-1909). This was the man, who as a Vice-Admiral led the 2nd and 3rd Pacific Squadrons (essentially the entire Baltic Fleet) to the most disastrous defeat any naval cohort ever had the indignity to suffer, at Tsushima, May 27-28, 1905.

So, the Bulgarian navy has a rather odd beginning...

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My Avatar:Петр Алексеевич Безобразов (Petr Alekseevich Bezobrazov), Вице-адмирал , царская ВМФ России(1845-1906) - I sign my drawings as Ari Saarinen

Very nice drawing Whyme.

A very good rendition of an obscure naval ship, Bulgaria is often overlooked in any naval forum. Thumbs-up mate.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

really nice rendition of nice ship. These little gems can make a whole day for the bucket

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Huzzah, a Bulgarian ship!

Thanks for your kind words, shipmates.

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Yeas going with the other comments! Great work!

Perfection as usual.
A really pretty looking little antique.

I love the way you draw the little-known and small-nation ships. Real little gems that have as much a place in SB as the usual big name ships we all know and love.

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English Electric Canberra FD
Interwar RN Capital Ships
Super-Darings
Never-Were British Aircraft

Thank you, I'm glad it doesn't go unnoticed and I hope this won't interfere with your and others ability to judge my works. Because nothing and nobody is prefect and I always (try to) welcome critique and suggestions.

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Worklist: Portuguese Navy and Barnegat class seaplane tenders