A destroyer flotilla is shaped by maintenance availability

Which ships would form a Scrap Iron Flotilla if Australia received the proposed eleven destroyers?

The desired nine ships would be selected from the destroyer leader and newer destroyers, but the actual composition would depend on which hulls were in maintenance or refit.

The hypothetical Australian force contains eleven destroyers, from which a nine-ship flotilla would be selected. The preferred combination is an Admiralty destroyer leader, two Admiralty V-class ships, one Admiralty W-class ship, and five Admiralty S-class ships. That would leave the Scott and Parker at home. Maintenance and refit availability could reverse those choices, bringing either older ship into the deployed force when newer destroyers were unavailable. The preferred composition therefore differs from the ships that could actually sail.