One of the last remnants of Bank Line, all now gone alas.
Their distinctive blue/white/red houseflag had a rhyme which went with it, usually sung in a drunken chorus in the officers bar:

"Blue for the sea we sail on, red for the blood we sweat,
white for the line of starvation, to make us all forget;
the joys of past and present, the heartache yet to come,
you think you're a merchant seaman - NO, you're just a Bank Line bum!"

Nice shot
GP

Here's an interesting bit of history regarding this particular ship:

"During the particularly difficult season, during which around fifty cargo ships were trapped in ice in the East Siberian Sea, the SA-15 class freighters were sent to the Northern Sea Route as soon as they were delivered from the Finnish shipyards. They were used to unload cargo from icebound ships and deliver the much-needed supplies to isolated communities along the coast. The ships also acted as escort icebreakers, using their stern notches to tow smaller ships through the ice fields even though it was not their original purpose. Among the ships that received assistance from the new SA-15 class ships was the nuclear icebreaker Sibir which had to be helped on several occasions by Okha. Unlike the freighters, the icebreaker had no abrasion-resistant coating and suffered from severe hull corrosion that considerably increased the ice resistance of the vessel." (Wikipedia/"SA-15 (ship)")

First time I see a bulb added to originally icebreaking bow. :D

..nice ship & nicely angled photo...

VERY NICE PHOTOS CHEERS (Peter & Charlie)