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Saturday, 20 November 2021

Russian patrol vessel Kitoboi surrendered to the British according to the Secret Admiralty Weekly Intelligence Summary Nr. 63 for the week ending 28 February 1920

An item reported that in June 1919 the Russian patrol vessel Kitoboi (1) surrendered to the British. The British Senior Naval Officer Baltic was ordered to sent her to the Soviet Union although the fate of her crew was still to be considered. She was at that moment lying at Copenhagen, Denmark.

Note

1. Auxiliary minesweeper of the Baltic Fleet, ex-Erris dating from 1915. Also known as Kitoboj.

Source

The National Archives CAB-24-99-82. Weekly appreciation of matters of naval interest for the week ended 28th February 1920

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