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British Caspian Flotilla
HMS Kruger, flagship of the flotilla
Active1918-1920
CountryBritish Caspian Flotilla United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
Caspian Sea and the Caucuses, 1915. Extract from the Birdseye View of Turkey and Baghdad Railway

The British Caspian Flotilla was a naval force of the Royal Navy established in the Caspian Sea in 1918. It was part of the allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. The flotilla initially reported to the Rear-Admiral Commanding, Black Sea, Caspian Sea and Sea of Marmora until 1919.

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