List of Soviet navy flags

This is a list of naval flags of the USSR. In the column «Date» dates of issue of flags are given.

Jack

Flag	Date	Name	Note
	29.08.1924 — 07.07.1932	Jack and fortress flag of naval fortresses
	07.07.1932 — 16.11.1950
	16.11.1950 — 21.07.1992	Jack or fortress flag

Ensign and Flag

Flag	Date	Name	Note
	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

Flag	Date	Name	Note
	18.03.1983 — 21.07.1992	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
	29.08.1924 — 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 departaments 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

See also

• List of Russian navy flags
• List of Russian flags