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I agree, certainly looks like a 'float' IMO, but more like a circular 'life ring' than a 'Carley' no? Although what an odd place if so. Below shows her with life ring on Bridge wing.

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“We are off to look for trouble. I expect we shall find it.” Capt. Tennant, HMS Repulse. 8 December 1941
“A review of the situation at about 1100 was not encouraging.” Capt. Gordon, HMS Exeter. 1 March 1942

'Tis a life buoy, known to some as a life ring: one can take one's pick. It can have no other function other than a decorative one in that position especially if she did not have a ship's badge at that stage of her career. The white ones on what I take to be wings of the flag/signal deck may well have been more functional as an aid to life saving.

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