RFA Largs Bay (L3006)

HMAS Choules (L100) is a Bay-class landing ship that served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) from 2006 to 2011, before being transferred to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The vessel was built as RFA Largs Bay by Swan Hunter in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. She was named after Largs Bay in Ayrshire, Scotland, and entered service in November 2006.

United Kingdom
Name: Largs Bay
Namesake: Largs Bay
Ordered: 18 December 2000
Builder: Swan Hunter, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear
Laid down: 28 January 2002
Launched: 18 July 2003
In service: 28 November 2006
Out of service: April 2011
Identification:

• IMO number: 9240756
• MMSI number: 503688000
• Callsign: VKJC
• Pennant number: L3006

Fate: Decommissioned under SDSR, sold to Australia

Australia
Name: Choules
Namesake: Chief Petty Officer Claude Choules
Acquired: 6 April 2011
Commissioned: 13 December 2011
Identification:

• IMO number: 9240756;
• Pennant number: L100

Motto: "Face Difficulty With Zeal"
Status: Active as of 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Choules_(L100)