IJNS W 101BMS7 HMAS BENDIGO Back to: 1/1200 Waterline Models BGB1B HMS LADYBIRD Insect class River Gunboat, 1941 63mm long. HMS_LADYBIRD_4cf930b9b8f7e.jpg Description HMS LADYBIRD, as armed in the Mediterranean in 1941 with captured Italian guns. When sunk in shallow waters off Tobruk, she was thereafter used as an AA platform by Australian troops.