HMS Kruger was the flagship of the British Caspian Flotilla during the Russian Civil War.

It was originally a screw steamer with steel hull named President Kruger (Russian: Президент Крюгер) and used for oil cargo with limited facilities to accommodate passengers.

[1] According to Lionel Dunsterville, Kruger was "a fine ship and as fast as anything on the Caspian, with the exception of the gunboats, and she had accommodation sufficient for my staff, the clerks, and the office, as well as about 300 men normally; at a pinch she could carry 800 men by utilizing all deck space.

"[2] The initial armament consisted of four field guns (probably 102 mm 60 caliber Pattern 1911) placed on the forward cargo hatch, and attached to bales of cotton.

Following the defeat of White Russians and subsequent Sovietization of Azerbaijan, President Kruger was once again renamed to Fedya Gubanov under orders of Nariman Narimanov on 10 June 1920 after a Bolshevik sailor who illegally transported oil products to Astrakhan during Russian Civil War.