HMS Euphrates (shore establishment)

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]

HMS Euphrates
Active	1916-1919; 1942-45
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Type	Naval shore establishment
Part of	Red Sea Station (1916-1919) Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf (1942-1945)
Garrison/HQ	Basra Iraq (1916-1919)

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.