On 19 December 1918 the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet instructed Rear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour, then commanding British Aegean Squadron, that he was to be re-assigned to a new command appointment.

[1] The squadron was involved in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.

In October 1919 Rear-Admiral Seymour was appointed Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet, and the squadron was disbanded.

The squadron's flagship was HMS Emperor of India.

[3] A component of the squadron was the British Caspian Flotilla.