List of Soviet navy flags explained
This is a list of naval flags of the Soviet Union.
Jack
| Flag | Date | Name | Note |
|---|
| 29.08.1924 — 07.07.1932 | Jack and fortress flag of naval fortresses | |
| 07.07.1932 — 16.11.1950 or 21.04.1964? | |
| 16.11.1950 or 21.04.1964? — 21.07.1992 | Jack or fortress flag | | |
Ensign and flag
| Flag | Date | Name | Note |
|---|
| 1920-1923 | Naval Ensign of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Naval ensign of the Soviet Union | |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.07.1992 | |
| 23.11.1926 — 27.05.1935 | Honorary revolutionary naval flag | |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | Honorary revolutionary naval flag flown by the workers' and Peasants' Red Army's ships and task forces | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.07.1992 | Red Banner naval ensign | |
| 20.06.1942 — 16.11.1950 | Guards naval ensign | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.07.1992 | |
| 20.06.1942 — 16.11.1950 | Guards Red Banner naval ensign | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.07.1992 | | |
Ensigns of auxiliary vessels of the Navy
| Flag | Date | Name | Note |
|---|
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Ensign flown by auxiliary and port craft of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Navy in case their captains were naval officers | |
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Ensign flown by auxiliary and port craft of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Navy in case their captains were not naval officers | |
| 04.12.1925 — 18.07.1940 | Flag of predraft naval training offices | |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | Ensign of auxiliary and harbour vessels of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's naval forces | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Flag of auxiliary vessels of the fleet (flotilla) support command | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Ensign of auxiliary vessels of the Soviet Navy |
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Ensign flown by waterborne vehicles of naval fortresses commanded by military officers | |
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Ensign flown by waterborne vehicles of naval fortresses commanded by civilians | |
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | 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. |
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Ensign of hydrographic and pilot vessels and lightships commanded not by naval officers | |
| 03.04.1929 — 27.05.1935 | Ensign of vessels of EPRON | |
| 3.09.1943 — 16.11.1950 | Ensign of the navy's rescue vessels | |
| 16.11.1950 — 1979 | |
| 1979 — 21.07.1992 | Ensign of the navy's rescue service | |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | Ensign of hydrographic and pilot vessels and lighthouses | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Ensign of hydrographic vessels and lightships | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Ensign of hydrographic vessels of the Soviet Navy | | |
Flags of ships of Border Guard Force
| Flag | Date | Name | Note |
|---|
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Ensign of vessels operated by OGPU's border guard flotillas | Together — Flag of Chairman OGPU and his deputy. |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | Ensign of border guard ships of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) of the USSR | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Naval flag of ships and boats of the Border Guard Force of the State Security Ministry of the USSR | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Naval flag flown by ships and vessels of the Border Guard Force |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Red Banner naval flag flown by ships and boats of the Border Guard Force of the State Security Ministry of the USSR | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | 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 |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Guards naval flag flown by ships and boats of the Border Guard Force of the State Security Ministry of the USSR | It is cancelled because of absence in boundary armies of the Guards ships. |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Guards Red Banner naval flag flown by ships and boats of the Border Guard Force of the State Security Ministry of the USSR | It is cancelled because of absence in boundary armies of the Guards ships. | |
Naval flag of the Interior Force
Flags of officials
Flags of commanders-in-chief Armed Forces
| Flag | Date | Name | Note |
|---|
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of the chairman and deputy chairman of USSR's Revolutionary Military Council | |
| 29.08.1924 — 01.03.1927 | 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 | |
| 01.03.1927 — 07.07.1932 | Flag of members of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR | |
| 07.07.1932 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of inspector of the naval forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army | |
| 27.05.1935 — 07.12.1938 | Flag of inspector of the naval forces of Workers' and Peasants' Red Army | |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | Flag of peoples's commissar of defence of the USSR and his deputies | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Flag of defence minister of the USSR | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Flag of supreme commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR | |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | Flag of chief of staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | 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 |
|---|
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of the commander of the Soviet Union's naval forces | |
| 27.05.1935 — 07.12.1938 | Flag of inspector of the naval forces of Workers' and Peasants' Red Army | |
| 07.12.1938 — 16.11.1950 | Flag of people's commissar of the Soviet Navy | |
| 07.12.1938 — 16.11.1950 | Flag of deputy people's commissar of the Soviet Navy | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Flag of the naval minister | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Flag of commander-in-chief of the Soviet Navy | |
| 29.08.1924 — 01.03.1927 | Flag of the chief of staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Navy | 01.03.1927—07.07.1932 — Flag of chief of the Training and Combat Directorate of the Naval Forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. |
| 07.12.1938 — 16.11.1950 | Flag of chief of the Main Naval Staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Navy | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Flag of chief of the Naval General Staff | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Flag of chief of the Main Staff of the Soviet Navy | | |
Flags of officials of the Navy
| Flag | Date | Name | Note |
|---|
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of commander of the naval forces on a specific sea | |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | Flag of fleet commander | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.07.1992 | |
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of the senior admiral commanding a warship task force | |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Flag of flotilla or squadron commander | |
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of a junior admiral commanding a warship task force | |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Flag of task force commander | | |
Flags of officials of auxiliary services of the Navy
| Flag | Date | Name | Note |
|---|
| 29.08.1924 — 01.03.1927 | Flag of the chief of the Soviet naval forces for logistics | |
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of chief of the Hydrographic Department of the People's Commissariat for the Navy | Together — Ensign of hydrographic and pilot vessels and lightships commanded by naval officers. |
| 29.08.1924 — 01.03.1927 | Flag of chief of the naval training establishments of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Navy | |
| 01.03.1927 — 07.07.1932 | Flag of chief of the Training and Combat Directorate of the Naval Forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army | 29.08.1924—01.03.1927 — Flag of the chief of staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Navy. |
| 05.03.1926 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of commanders of naval sea ports | |
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of military port commanders | |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | |
| 03.09.1943 — 16.11.1950 | Flag of rescue service chiefs of fleets and flotillas | |
| 03.09.1943 — 16.11.1950 | Flag of military pilots | | |
Flags of officials of the Border Guard Force
| Flag | Date | Name | Note |
|---|
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of Chairman OGPU and his deputy | Together — Ensign of vessels operated by OGPU's border guard flotillas. |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | Flag of the People's Commissar of internal affairs of the USSR | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Flag of minister of state security of the USSR | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Flag of chairman of KGB under the aegis of the Council of Ministers of the USSR | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Flag of commander of the Border Guard Force of the State Security Ministry of the USSR | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Flag of commander of the Border Guard Force of KGB of the USSR | |
| 29.08.1924 — 12.07.1930 | Flag of chief of the Border Guards Department of OGPU | |
| 29.08.1924 — 12.07.1930 | Flag of OGPU District commanders who had OGPU border guard flotillas | |
| 12.07.1930 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of chief of the Main Border Guard Department of OGPU | |
| 12.07.1930 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of chief and assistant chief of the Naval Inspectorate of the Main Border Guard Department and OGPU forces | |
| 12.07.1930 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of OGPU district commanders and deputy commanders and GPU commanders and deputy commanders in the USSR's republics | |
| 12.07.1930 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of chief and assistant chiefs of OGPU districts' Border Guard departments | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Flag of district commanders of the Border Guard Force of the State Security Ministry of the USSR | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Flag of border guard district commanders | |
| 12.07.1930 — 27.05.1935 | Flag of commanders of OGPU's district vessel bases | |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Flag of commander of border guard ship (boat) datachments | |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Flag of commanders of the border guard task forces | | |
Broad pennants
| Broad pennant | Date | Name | |
|---|
| 29.08.1924 — 27.08.1935 | Broad pennant of commander of ship detachments
Broad pennant of commander of ship divisions | 2:11 |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | Broad pennant of division commander of the naval forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army | 1:5 |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Broad pennant of ship division commanders | 1:5 |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Broad pennant of task forces commanders |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | Broad pennant of commander of boat detachment of the naval forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army | 1:5 |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Broad pennant of 4-th rank ship detachment commanders | 1:5 |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Broad pennant of ship division commanders |
| 29.08.1924 — 27.08.1935 | Broad pennant of the senior naval chief at the roadstead | 2:11 |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | 1:5 |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.07.1992 | Broad pennant of senior commander at the roadstead | 1:5 |
| 29.08.1924 — 12.07.1930 | 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 |
| 12.07.1930 — 27.05.1935 | Broad pennant of commanders of naval detachment bases of OGPU |
| 29.08.1924 — 12.07.1930 | Broad pennant of chiefs of border guard units of OGPU's regional departments, who were in charge of OGPU border guard flotillas' ships | 2:11 |
| 29.08.1924 — 12.07.1930 | Broad pennant of chiefs of OGPU's border guard flotillas | 2:11 |
| 12.07.1930 — 27.05.1935 | Broad pennant of commanders of OGPU's vessel detachments |
| 16.11.1950 — 21.04.1964 | Broad pennant of commanders of patrol boat divisions of the Border Guard Force | 1:5 |
| 21.04.1964 — 21.07.1992 | Broad pennant of commanders of border guard task forces |
| 29.08.1924 — 27.05.1935 | Broad pennant of chief of the Navigation Safety Department | 2:11 |
| 03.04.1929 — ? | Broad pennant of EPRON's rescue diver detachment | 2:11 |
| 03.04.1929 — ? | Broad pennant of EPRON's chief | 2:11 |
| 27.05.1935 — 16.11.1950 | Broad pennant of chiefs of hydrographic detachments | 1:5 |
| 03.09.1943 — 16.11.1950 | Broad pennant of commanders of emergency rescue detachments and riverine emergency rescue detachments | 1:5 | |
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