Thank you very much for the photos!

These pics were taken on 22nd December 2011, the day after HMAS Choules arrived. I was surprized at just how big HMAS Choules was.

Here some photos of HMAS Choules still as Largs Bay:
http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?option=com_imagebrowser&view=gallery&folder=rn-rfa-l-m&Itemid=55
(photos 17-21)

9. The Mast of the WW1 Vessel HMAS Sydney- Australia’s first war loss- not the flying white ensign

This is the mast of the HMAS Sydney of the Chatham class, the WWI vessel – she was never lost, but scrapped after 1928.

The only HMAS Sydney, which was lost, was Sydney II, a light cruiser of the Amphion (modified Leander) class – sunk in 1941 by the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran.