The Bulgarian Fleet during the Balkan War

Command of the Fleet and of the Varna fortified point
Commander : Chief of the General Staff : Adjutant : Supply officer : Commander of the Varna garrison :		Lt.Col. Rusi Ludogorov Lt. Bogdan Ganchev Midshipman Svetogorski Maj. Chalakov Lt.Commander Dimitar Dobrev
Mobile defence Commander : Lt.Commander Angelov Lt.Commander Kovachev (from 9 October 1912) Lt.Commander Dimitar Dobrev (from 11 March 1913) Deputy Commander : Lt.Commander Dimitar Dobrev (till 11 March 1913)
training cruiser	Nadezhda Lt.Commander Daskalov
torpedo gunboats	Drazki Junior Lt. Georgi Kupov Hrabri Lt. Rashko Serafimov Strogi Lt. Petar Stoyanov Letyashti Lt. Dimitar Alyov Shumni Lt. Smeli Lt. Nedelcho Nedev
torpedo floating batteries	N° 1 at wharf near Evksinograd palace N° 2 near Galata point N° 3 near the lighthouse at the east wharf of the Varna port
Fixed defence Commander : Commander Mihail Popov
Mine defence	Commander : Lt. Simeon Vinarov yacht Kamchiya (carrying 10-12 mines) raft Vojvoda (carrying 4-8 mines) raft Rakovski (carrying 4-8 mines)
Coast batteries	Commander : Lt. Milko Zhelezov Battery N° 7 (Trakata) 2 – 100 mm naval guns (taken from Nadezhda)¹ Battery N° 10 (Trakata) 2 – 240 mm coast guns Battery N° 11 (north of Varna) 2 – 100 mm naval guns¹ Battery N° 14 (Galata) 1 – 76 mm and 1 – 57 mm guns
Searchlights unit	1 – 90 cm searchlight at Trakata 1 – 90 cm searchlight at Galata
Harbour office²	yacht Strela cutters Chayka, Kaliakra, Amaliya, Liliya, Hadzhi Dimitar 3 mahonas 7 launches fire command wireless station at Franga pigeons station diving unit
Semaphore Observation Service	Commander : Midshipman Nikola Todorov post at Shabla post at Kaliakra post at Ekrene post at Sv. Konstantin post at Galata post at Kamchia post at Emine post at Mesembria post at Sozopol post at Zehtin Borunu post at Midia (from 2 February 1913) post at Iniada (from 8 February 1913)
Infantry
Northern Sector	1^st Opalcenie Regiment : Lt.Col. Cherkovski Opalchenie Bn. Varna I (6 officers, 702 men) : May. Manov Balchik – 3 Cps. Kavarna – 1 Cpy. Opalchenie Bn. Lom I (5 officers, 1070 men) Dishpudak – 1 Cpy. Ekrene – 1 Cpy. Genkchiler – 1 Cpy. Teke – 1 Cpy. Opalchenie Bn. Vidin I (7 officers, 1074 men) : May. Brinyoli Kestrich – 2 Cps. Sv. Konstantin – 2 Cps.
Southern Sector	2^nd Opalcenie Regiment³ : Lt.Col. Kovachev Opalchenie Bn. Kozloduy I Ses Sebmes and Karantina – 4 Cps. Opalchenie Bn. Silistra I (7 officers, 1076 men) : May. Genkov Petra and Yayla – 2 Cps. Staro Orehovo – 1 Cpy. Galata – 1 Cpy.
Reserve⁴	8^th Replacement Bn. (7 officers, 1805 men) : May. Vangelov Opalchenie Bn. Varna II (4 officers, 300 men) Harbour company (3 officers, 180 men) : Lt. Kasarov
Fortress Artillery Commander : Lt.Col. Konstantin Kirkov
Northern Sector	Commander : May. Dimitar Nachev Battery N° 1 for 6 – 9 pdr guns but unarmed Battery N° 2 : 2 – 57 mm turret guns (from Vidinski fortress Bn.) Battery N° 3 for 24 pdr guns but unarmed Battery N° 4 for howitzers but unarmed Battery N° 5 : 2 – 57 mm turret guns (from Vidinski fortress Bn.) Battery N° 6 : 2 – 57 mm turret guns (from Vidinski fortress Bn.) Battery N° 8 : 4 - 24 pdr long guns (1^st battery Vidinski fortress Bn.) Battery N° 9 : 4 – 150 mm howitzers (2^nd battery Shumenski fortress Bn.) Reserve : 6 – 9 pdr guns (from Vidinski fortress Bn.)
Southern Sector	Commander : May. P. Todorov Battery N° 12 : 2 – 57 mm turret guns (from Vidinski fortress Bn.) Battery N° 13 for 24 pdr guns but unarmed Battery N° 15 : 3 - 24 pdr short guns (3^rd battery Vidinski fortress Bn.) Battery N° 16 : 2 - 24 pdr long guns (half 2^nd battery Vidinski fortress Bn.) Battery N° 17 : 2 - 24 pdr long guns (half 2^nd battery Vidinski fortress Bn.) Battery N° 18 : 2 – 57 mm turret guns (from Vidinski fortress Bn.) Battery N° 19 for 6 – 9 pdr guns but unarmed Battery N° 20 for 6 – 9 pdr guns but unarmed Reserve : 6 – 9 pdr guns (from Vidinski fortress Bn.)
Artillery reserve	6 – 75mm Krupp not QF guns (from Shumenski fortress Bn.) 7 – ten barrel Nobel machine guns (1^st and 2^nd batteries Vidinski fortress Bn.)
Varna Arsenal Commander : Lt.Commander Konstantin Božkov
Danube Section Commander : Lt.Commander Evstati Vinarov
Ships	paddle steamer Krum transport Simeon Velikiy yacht Aleksandar I motor vedettes Hristo Botev, Vasil Levski cutters Luben Karavelov, Stefan Karadya, Boris 4 mining-rafts 3 barges 15 pontoons
Units assigned to the Southern theater
Assigned to the 1^st Army⁵	Lt.Commander Evstati Vinarov Signal-semaphore Commando, with 40 men Mine-sapper Commando, with 60 men and 1250 handgrenades Cutter and boat Commando, with 20 men, 2 motor and 6 rowing boats
Assigned to the 2^nd Army	Midshipman Boris Statelov 140 men with 69 Herz and 13 Soter-Arlée mines
Remarks : ¹ placed on 2 October 1912 and on 28 November replaced on the ship by the two 100 mm guns of Battery N° 11 ² the Fleet had at its disposal also the five merchant ships of the Bulgarian shipping company BTPD “Perseverance” (Българско търговско параходно дружество “Постоянство”): Boris, Bulgaria, Varna, Sofia, Kiril ³ raised on 9 October 1912 – the Opalcenie Bn. Varna II, although detached at Varna, was part of the 2^nd Regiment ⁴ from the end of January to the end of March 1913 the Head of the 4th Divisional District sent to Varna 7^th and 19^th replacements battalions ⁵ later assigned to the 4^th Army