Английская Википедия:HMS Euphrates (shore establishment)
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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military unit HMS Euphrates was a naval shore establishment of the British Royal Navy during World War I and World War II. By 1945 it hosted the Naval Officer in Charge, Basra.[1]
History
During the First World War the British established HMS Euphrates, in the port city of Basra, Iraq on the river Euphrates.[2] The station was disestablished after the first world war.
After August 1941, with the success of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, HMS Euphrates was reestablished at the former Iranian Navy base at Khurramshahr on the Shatt-al-Arab.[3][4] Euphrates came under command of the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf, until 1945.
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