HMS Myrtle (1915)

HMS Myrtle was an Azalea-class sloop that was part of a Royal Navy squadron that was sent to assist the Baltic States and their fight for independence. While clearing mines on 15 July 1919 HMS Myrtle and HMS Gentian (1915) also hit a mine and sank killing nine sailors in the two blasts.

Background
The British campaign in the Baltic was a part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. The codename of the Royal Navy campaign was "Operation Red Trek". The intervention played a key role in enabling the establishment of the independent states of Estonia and Latvia but failed to secure the control of Petrograd by White Russian forces, which was one of the main goals of the campaign. The taskforce was vital in supplying the Baltic states as well as containing the Soviet Navies.

Wreck
In July 2010 an Estonian minesweeper located the remains of the cruiser HMS Cassandra (1916), HMS Myrtle (1915) and HMS Gentian (1915).