Пристанище Дедеагач през Балканската война 1912-1913 г.
The Port of Dedeagach during the Balkan War 1912-1913

Summary/Abstract: During the Balkan War the Bulgarian forces liberated from Turkish rule the port of Dedeagach on the Aegean Sea (at present in Greece, called Alexandroupolis). Bulgarian naval administration was established which turned the port into an important transport point for supplying the Bulgarian army with food, fodder and war materials. Of particularly great importance was the assistance by sea of the Bulgarian troups at Bulair on the Gallipoli Peninsula that in February 1913 were isolated from the world by a blizzard. The activity of the port was directed by its commandant, commander Nikola Fournadjiev (1873-1946). He kept a regular account of the movement of vessels in the port. This made it possible to consider the calls from different viewpoints: by individual vessels, by states, by steamship companies, and to establish accurately the goods transported during the different periods of the war. The movement of the Bulgarian merchant ships “Boris” and “Varna” was also recorded. All these pieces of information are found in commander Fournadjiev’s note-book which since 1982 has been kept in the Naval Museum - Varna.

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