Sovtorgflot

{{Short description|Shipping company in the Soviet Union}}

Sovtorgflot ({{langx|ru|"Совторгфлот", Советский торговый флот}}, "Soviet Commercial Fleet") was a shipping company in the Soviet Union. It was established as a joint-stock company on July 18, 1924. It united ships which belonged to different narkomats and companies, including the ones with foreign capital.[http://zhurnal.lib.ru/k/kontrowskij_w_i/x96.shtml "Commercial Fleet in the History of Russia"] {{in lang|ru}}

The entire Soviet commercial fleet was subordinated to the war effort following Nazi Germany's invasion of the USSR in June 1941.

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