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RFA Largs Bay (L3006) is a Bay class landing ship dock that served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) from 2006 to 2011. The vessel was built by Swan Hunter in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. She was named after Largs Bay in Ayrshire, Scotland, and entered service in 2006. During her career with the RFA, Largs Bay served as the British ship assigned to patrol the Falkland Islands in 2008, and delivered relief supplies to Haiti following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

At the end of 2010, Largs Bay was marked as one of the vessels to be removed from service under the Strategic Defence and Security Review. She was offered for sale, with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) announced as the successful bidder in April 2011. After modifications to make her more suited for Australian operating conditions, the vessel will be commissioned in December 2011 as HMAS Choules (L100), named after Chief Petty Officer Claude Choules.