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A pennant was authorised by decree on 29 August 1924, without further detail in the cited note. Lomantsov recalls SZRP rather than SSSR on photographs and in magazines of the 1970s, believed the design dated from the 1920s, and thought it continued into the 1990s. Heimer suggests SSSR may have been an erroneous reading rather than a genuine variant. FOTW subsequently replaced the earlier illustration with N582.

This flag bears the Cyrillic letters СЗРП.

Mitchell places the symbol only on the blue band, making it appear small and cramped. A black band defines the Russian tricolour; the symbol’s blue shade is unclear.

Mitchell’s version apparently follows Amur 2507, given as 3086/1985, alongside the Russian tricolour as ensign.

Skulptor Anikushin of North-Western Fleet shows the standard Russian funnel without the logo; Rosanoski suggests the logo had not yet been applied.

STK 1003 photographed on 24 August 1996 appears to have a dark-blue panel, but the distant view leaves the symbol’s shade unclear.

The main version follows Amur 2510 on 23 July 2006. Sheksna photographed from starboard on 21 September 2010 shows a version without the black top, while Amur 2520 on 17 June 1995 has a solid black symbol. Both Amur vessels belonged to North-Western Fleet.

This funnel follows Alexander Kuprin photographed in March 2007.

This version follows Valentin Pikul photographed on 30 July 2004.