Arctic Ocean Flotilla

Iokanga, and Arkhangelsk

cruisers Askold and Varyag, 6 destroyers, 3 submarines and other ships. The AOF's operational zone included the Barents Sea - from the Norwegian border to the Kara Gates - including the White Sea. Its mission was to secure uninterrupted the sea lines of communications connecting Russia with its Entente allies.^[1]

Allied interventionist forces and the White Army captured the best ships of the AOF. The rest of the ships were^[when?] intentionally^{[by whom?}