OAO "SOVCOMFLOT".

Brown gives the Russian national and merchant flag. The funnel combines it with a blue S symbol above, on a light-grey or blue base, with variations.

Maxim Gorkiy at Wellington in February 1999 had a different base colour, possibly because she was a passenger vessel. Projecting red bands define the Russian flag arrangement. She flew the charterer’s flag.

Mitchell’s rendering may represent S173, with a darker-blue symbol; a separating black band may have been added only for drawing clarity.

The company website shows a white flag with a blue logo above blue SOVCOMFLOT lettering. An actual flag appears in an office photograph, but use at sea is uncertain.

Romny’s funnel has a longer tail on the logo’s S, a detail varying between vessels.

Aleksandrov’s November 2006 photograph provides this variant.

Okhta Bridge supplies the apparent basic design with a turquoise base. Other vessels range towards blue: Bering Sea appears teal, though its print looks bluer, and Petropavlovsk has a light-blue funnel. The logo colours remain constant, supported on both sides.

Petropavlovsk was photographed with this version in November 2009. Okhotsk Sea at Botany Bay in February 2010 lacked a black top.