It was probably the VIBEX. It seems to me that John showed an image of her at a slide show a long, long time ago.
René

http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20V/slides/Vibex-01.jpg
http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20V/slides/Vibex-03.jpg

A British flag 'V' Class with a five-letter name, don't see that she can be other than Vibex.

The engine room air intakes and the mast arrangements suggest to me that this is a 'V' class tanker.

As Gerolf notes, the ship's name is of five letters. Therefore this presents the possibilities of VIBEX under the British flag or VASUM under the Dutch flag. VIANA, which was Dutch flagged, can be discounted as she had a 'streamlined' superstructure like the 'A' class.

If push comes to shove, my money is on the tanker being the VIBEX !

The Shell tanker only has 5 letters.
Gerolf

Top shot Rene

Beautiful!

Very nice photo. The tanker looks like a typical Shell 'H' or 'K' class except that most of those seem to have had a tall mast abaft the bridge superstructure and not the twin kingposts as shown here

Brgds
Phil

Great post René

A wonderfully evocative shot!

Very nice shot. Captures moments we see so often in world ports today, but featuring the classic lines of ships no longer plying the oceans today.