Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A yakin duniya na farko, a lokacin da Birtaniya ta ci nasara da Ottoman Mesopotamia, an yi amfani da Indiyawa da Thames River paddlers don samar da sojojin Janar Charles Townsend, a cikin
Siege na Kut da Faduwar Baghdad (1917). Jirgin ruwan Tigris ya hada da jiragen ruwa Clio, Espiegle, Lawrence, Odin, jirgin ruwa mai dauke da makamai na Comet, Lewis Pelly, Miner, Shaitan, Sumana, da kuma jirgin ruwa mai suna Muzaffari / Muzaffar. Wadannan sun haɗu da Royal Navy Fly-class gunboats Butterfly, Cranefly, Dragonfly, Mayfly, Sawfly, Snakefly, da Mantis, Moth, da kuma Tarantula.