List of Soviet navy flags

This is a list of naval flags of the Soviet Union.

Jack

Flag Date Name Note
29 August 1924 — 7 July 1932 Jack and fortress flag of naval fortresses
7 July 1932 — 16 November 1950 or 21 April 1964?
16 November 1950 or 21 April 1964? — 21 July 1992 Jack or fortress flag

Ensign and flag

Flag Date Name Note
1920-1923 Naval Ensign of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic
29 August 1924 — 27 May 1935 Naval ensign of the Soviet Union
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950
16 November 1950 — 21 July 1992
23 November 1926 — 27 May 1935 Honorary revolutionary naval flag
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950 Honorary revolutionary naval flag flown by the workers' and Peasants' Red Army's ships and task forces
16 November 1950 — 21 July 1992 Red Banner naval ensign
20 June 1942 — 16 November 1950 Guards naval ensign
16 November 1950 — 21 July 1992
20 June 1942 — 16 November 1950 Guards Red Banner naval ensign
16 November 1950 — 21 July 1992

Ensigns of auxiliary vessels of the Navy

Flag Date Name Note
29 August 1924 — 27 May 1935 Ensign flown by auxiliary and port craft of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Navy in case their captains were naval officers
Ensign flown by auxiliary and port craft of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Navy in case their captains were not naval officers
4 December 1925 — 18 July 1940 Flag of predraft naval training offices
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950 Ensign of auxiliary and harbour vessels of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's naval forces
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964 Flag of auxiliary vessels of the fleet (flotilla) support command
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Ensign of auxiliary vessels of the Soviet Navy
29 August 1924 — 27 May 1935 Ensign flown by waterborne vehicles of naval fortresses commanded by military officers
Ensign flown by waterborne vehicles of naval fortresses commanded by civilians
Ensign of hydrographic and pilot vessels and lightships commanded by naval officers Together — Flag of chief of the Hydrographic Department of the People's Commissariat for the Navy.
Ensign of hydrographic and pilot vessels and lightships commanded not by naval officers
3 April 1929 — 27 May 1935 Ensign of vessels of EPRON
3 September 1943 — 16 November 1950 Ensign of the navy's rescue vessels
16 November 1950 — 1979
1979 — 21 July 1992 Ensign of the navy's rescue service
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950 Ensign of hydrographic and pilot vessels and lighthouses
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964 Ensign of hydrographic vessels and lightships
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Ensign of hydrographic vessels of the Soviet Navy

Flags of ships of Border Guard Force

Flag Date Name Note
29 August 1924 — 27 May 1935 Ensign of vessels operated by OGPU's border guard flotillas Together — Flag of Chairman OGPU and his deputy.
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950 Ensign of border guard ships of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) of the USSR
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964 Naval flag of ships and boats of the Border Guard Force of the State Security Ministry of the USSR
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Naval flag flown by ships and vessels of the Border Guard Force
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964 Red Banner naval flag flown by ships and boats of the Border Guard Force of the State Security Ministry of the USSR
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Red Banner naval flag flown by ships and boats of the Border Guard Force of KGB under the aegis of the Council of Ministers of the USSR
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964 Guards naval flag flown by ships and boats of the Border Guard Force of the State Security Ministry of the USSR Cancelled because of absence in boundary armies of the Guards ships.
Guards Red Banner naval flag flown by ships and boats of the Border Guard Force of the State Security Ministry of the USSR
Flag Date Name Note
18 March 1983 — 21 July 1992 Naval flag of ships (boats) and vessels operated by the Interior Force of the USSR's Ministry of Interior

Flags of officials

Flags of commanders-in-chief Armed Forces

Flag Date Name Note
29 August 1924 — 27 May 1935 Flag of the chairman and deputy chairman of USSR's Revolutionary Military Council
29 August 1924 — 1 March 1927 Flag of the Red Army and Red Navy inspector and the commander-in-chief of all armed services of the Soviet Union in time of war
1 March 1927 — 7 July 1932 Flag of members of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR
7 July 1932 — 27 May 1935 Flag of inspector of the naval forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
27 May 1935 — 7 December 1938 Flag of inspector of the naval forces of Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950 Flag of peoples's commissar of defence of the USSR and his deputies
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Flag of defence minister of the USSR
Flag of supreme commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950 Flag of chief of staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Flag of chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR

Flags of commanders-in-chief of the Navy

Flag Date Name Note
29 August 1924 — 27 May 1935 Flag of the commander of the Soviet Union's naval forces
27 May 1935 — 7 December 1938 Flag of inspector of the naval forces of Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
7 December 1938 — 16 November 1950 Flag of people's commissar of the Soviet Navy
Flag of deputy people's commissar of the Soviet Navy
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964 Flag of the naval minister
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Flag of commander-in-chief of the Soviet Navy
29 August 1924 — 1 March 1927 Flag of the chief of staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Navy
1 March 1927 — 7 July 1932 Flag of chief of the Training and Combat Directorate of the Naval Forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
7 December 1938 — 16 November 1950 Flag of chief of the Main Naval Staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Navy
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964 Flag of chief of the Naval General Staff
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Flag of chief of the Main Staff of the Soviet Navy

Flags of officials of the Navy

Flag Date Name Note
29 August 1924 — 27 May 1935 Flag of commander of the naval forces on a specific sea
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950 Flag of fleet commander
16 November 1950 — 21 July 1992
29 August 1924 — 27 May 1935 Flag of the senior admiral commanding a warship task force
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Flag of flotilla or squadron commander
29 August 1924 — 27 May 1935 Flag of a junior admiral commanding a warship task force
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Flag of task force commander

Flags of officials of auxiliary services of the Navy

Flag Date Name Note
29 August 1924 — 1 March 1927 Flag of the chief of the Soviet naval forces for logistics Together — Ensign of hydrographic and pilot vessels and lightships commanded by naval officers.
Flag of chief of the Hydrographic Department of the People's Commissariat for the Navy
Flag of chief of the naval training establishments of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Navy
Flag of the chief of staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Navy
1 March 1927 — 7 July 1932 Flag of chief of the Training and Combat Directorate of the Naval Forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
5 March 1926 — 27 May 1935 Flag of commanders of naval sea ports
29 August 1924 — 27 May 1935 Flag of military port commanders
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950
3 September 1943 — 16 November 1950 Flag of rescue service chiefs of fleets and flotillas
Flag of military pilots

Flags of officials of the Border Guard Force

Flag Date Name Note
29 August 1924 — 27 May 1935 Flag of Chairman OGPU and his deputy Together — Ensign of vessels operated by OGPU's border guard flotillas.
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950 Flag of the People's Commissar of internal affairs of the USSR
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964 Flag of minister of state security of the USSR
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Flag of chairman of KGB under the aegis of the Council of Ministers of the USSR
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964 Flag of commander of the Border Guard Force of the State Security Ministry of the USSR
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Flag of commander of the Border Guard Force of KGB of the USSR
29 August 1924 — 12 July 1930 Flag of chief of the Border Guards Department of OGPU
Flag of OGPU District commanders who had OGPU border guard flotillas
12 July 1930 — 27 May 1935 Flag of chief of the Main Border Guard Department of OGPU
Flag of chief and assistant chief of the Naval Inspectorate of the Main Border Guard Department and OGPU forces
Flag of OGPU district commanders and deputy commanders and GPU commanders and deputy commanders in the USSR's republics
Flag of chief and assistant chiefs of OGPU districts' Border Guard departments
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964 Flag of district commanders of the Border Guard Force of the State Security Ministry of the USSR
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Flag of border guard district commanders
12 July 1930 — 27 May 1935 Flag of commanders of OGPU's district vessel bases
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964 Flag of commander of border guard ship (boat) datachments
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Flag of commanders of the border guard task forces

Broad pennants

Broad pennant Date Name Proportions
29 August 1924 — 27 August 1935 Broad pennant of commander of ship detachments
Broad pennant of commander of ship divisions 		2:11
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950 Broad pennant of division commander of the naval forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army 1:5
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964 Broad pennant of ship division commanders
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Broad pennant of task forces commanders
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950 Broad pennant of commander of boat detachment of the naval forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964 Broad pennant of 4-th rank ship detachment commanders
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Broad pennant of ship division commanders
29 August 1924 — 27 May 1935 Broad pennant of the senior naval chief at the roadstead 2:11
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950 1:5
16 November 1950 — 21 July 1992 Broad pennant of senior commander at the roadstead 1:5
29 August 1924 — 12 July 1930 Broad pennant of chiefs of regional OGPU departments and chiefs of the Border Guard units, having under their command OGPU's border guard ships 2:11
12 July 1930 — 27 May 1935 Broad pennant of commanders of naval detachment bases of OGPU
29 August 1924 — 12 July 1930 Broad pennant of chiefs of border guard units of OGPU's regional departments, who were in charge of OGPU border guard flotillas' ships
Broad pennant of chiefs of OGPU's border guard flotillas
12 July 1930 — 27 May 1935 Broad pennant of commanders of OGPU's vessel detachments
16 November 1950 — 21 April 1964 Broad pennant of commanders of patrol boat divisions of the Border Guard Force 1:5
21 April 1964 — 21 July 1992 Broad pennant of commanders of border guard task forces
29 August 1924 — 27 May 1935 Broad pennant of chief of the Navigation Safety Department 2:11
3 April 1929 — ? Broad pennant of EPRON's rescue diver detachment
Broad pennant of EPRON's chief
27 May 1935 — 16 November 1950 Broad pennant of chiefs of hydrographic detachments 1:5
3 September 1943 — 16 November 1950 Broad pennant of commanders of emergency rescue detachments and riverine emergency rescue detachments

See also

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.