# HMS Codrington

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**HMS *Codrington*** was the [flotilla leader](/source/Flotilla_leader) for the [A-class destroyers](/source/A-class_destroyer) built for the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) (RN) during the 1920s. Completed in 1930, the ship spent most of the 1930s assigned to the [Mediterranean Fleet](/source/Mediterranean_Fleet). She helped to enforce the [arms embargo](/source/Arms_embargo) [imposed on both sides](/source/Non-intervention_in_the_Spanish_Civil_War) in the [Spanish Civil War](/source/Spanish_Civil_War) of 1936–1939. *Codrington* returned home in early 1937 and was refitted before serving as a [training ship](/source/Training_ship) in 1938–1939.

During the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) she reverted to her designed role, serving in home waters on patrol and [convoy](/source/Convoy) escort duties. In early 1940 *Codrington* played a minor role during the [Norwegian campaign](/source/Norwegian_campaign) and then the [German invasion of France and the Low Countries](/source/Western_Front_(World_War_II)) in May. The ship evacuated over 5,000 troops from [Dunkirk](/source/Dunkirk_evacuation) and other French ports ([Operation Cycle](/source/Operation_Cycle) and [Operation Aerial](/source/Operation_Aerial)) before the [French surrender](/source/French_surrender) of 22 June. She resumed her earlier duties later that month before being bombed and sunk on 27 July at [Dover](/source/Dover). Her wreck was partially [salvaged](/source/Marine_salvage) during the war and completed several years later after the war.

## Background and description

*Codrington* was an improved version of the [Admiralty type flotilla leader](/source/Admiralty_type_flotilla_leader) built during [World War I](/source/World_War_I).[1] As a flotilla leader the ship was almost 200 long tons (200 t) larger than the other A-class destroyers because she carried more guns and her [bridge](/source/Bridge_(nautical)) structure had to be enlarged to provide the additional accommodation required for the [Captain (D)](/source/Captain_(D)) and his staff.[2] *Codrington* displaced 1,540 long tons (1,560 t) at ([standard load](/source/Displacement_(ship)#Standard_displacement)) and 2,012 long tons (2,044 t) at [deep load](/source/Deep_load). The ship had an [overall length](/source/Overall_length) of 343 ft (104.5 m), a [beam](/source/Beam_(nautical)) of 34 ft 9 in (10.6 m) and a [draught](/source/Draft_(hull)) at deep load. of 12 ft 4 in (3.8 m). *Codrington'*s crew consisted of 138 officers and [ratings](/source/Naval_rating).[3][1]

She was powered by two [Parsons](/source/Parsons_Marine_Steam_Turbine_Company) geared [steam turbines](/source/Steam_turbine), each driving one [propeller shaft](/source/Propeller_shaft) using steam provided by three [Admiralty three-drum boilers](/source/Admiralty_three-drum_boiler) that operated at a pressure of 300 pounds per square inch (2,068 kPa) and a temperature of 600 °F (316 °C).[3] The turbines developed a total of 39,000 horsepower (29,000 kW) for a designed speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph), but the ship exceeded that during her [sea trials](/source/Sea_trial) in February 1930 when she reached a speed of 37.74 knots (69.89 km/h; 43.43 mph) from 39,257 hp (29,274 kW).[4] *Codrington* carried a maximum of 430 long tons (440 t) of [fuel oil](/source/Fuel_oil) that gave her a range of 4,800 nautical miles (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ship was significantly less manoeuvrable than the other ships of her flotilla with a turning circle 380 yards (350 m) greater; this caused difficulties when moving in concert with her flotilla.[5][1]

The main armament of the leader consisted of five [quick-firing (QF)](/source/List_of_British_ordnance_terms#QF) [4.7-inch (120-millimetre) Mark IX](/source/4.7_inch_QF_Mark_IX_%26_XII) guns in single mounts protected by [gun shields](/source/Gun_shield), designated 'A', 'B', 'Q', 'X', and 'Y' from front to rear. They were positioned in two superfiring pairs at the front and rear of the superstructure; the fifth gun was located on a platform between [funnels](/source/Funnel_(ship)). The gun mounts had a maximum [elevation](/source/Elevation_(ballistics)) of 30°. The guns fired a 50-pound (23-kilogram) shell at a [muzzle velocity](/source/Muzzle_velocity) of 2,650 ft/s (810 m/s) to a range of 16,970 yards (15,520 m).[6] Each gun was provided with 190 [rounds](/source/Cartridge_(firearms)). For [anti-aircraft](/source/Anti-aircraft_warfare) (AA) defence, *Codrington* was fitted with two 40-millimetre (1.6-inch) [QF two-pounder Mark II](/source/QF_2_pounder_naval_gun) AA guns mounted on platforms [abaft](/source/Abaft) the rear funnel, each with 500 rounds. The ship was equipped with two quadruple mounts for [21-inch (533 mm)](/source/British_21-inch_torpedo) [torpedo tubes](/source/Torpedo_tube). Although she was never fitted with [ASDIC](/source/ASDIC), *Codrington* carried eight [depth charges](/source/Depth_charge) that were delivered by four chutes, each dropping one depth charge and two throwers.[7]

### Modifications

It is unknown if the flotilla leader's depth-charge equipment changed after the beginning of the war but her stock of depth charges gradually increased. The first step was to 25 depth charges and then to 47 before her loss in July 1940. The Norwegian Campaign had shown the RN that its ships were much more vulnerable to aircraft than it had realized and it decided to substitute a [QF 3-inch (76-millimetre) 20-cwt anti-aircraft gun](/source/QF_3_inch_20_cwt_gun), for the ship's after torpedo-tube mount on 17 May 1940.[8][Note 1]

## Construction and career

HMS *Codrington* was ordered on 6 March 1928 from [Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson](/source/Swan_Hunter_%26_Wigham_Richardson), under the 1927 [Naval Estimates](/source/Naval_Estimates). The ship was [laid down](/source/Laid_down) at the [shipyard](/source/Shipyard) in [Wallsend](/source/Wallsend), on 20 June 1928 and [launched](/source/Ship_naming_and_launching) on 8 August 1929. [Commissioned](/source/Ship_commissioning) on 4 June 1930, she has thus far been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named *Codrington*.[9][10]

### Pre-war operations

After [working up](/source/Glossary_of_nautical_terms_(M-Z)#working_up), in July 1930 *Codridgton* became the leader of the [3rd Destroyer Flotilla](/source/3rd_Destroyer_Flotilla) of the Mediterranean Fleet.[11] In June 1931, the destroyer returned to [Devonport Naval Base](/source/HMNB_Devonport) for modifications to her turbines, returning to the Mediterranean at the end of the month. *Codrington* was refitted again at Devonport in September–October 1932, again returning to the 3rd Flotilla.[11] On 12 June 1934, *Codrington* and the destroyer [HMS *Acasta*](/source/HMS_Acasta_(H09)) collided. Both ships received minor damage, with no injuries occurring.[12][13]

On 17 July 1936, the [Spanish Civil War](/source/Spanish_Civil_War) began, with *Codrington* carrying out patrols off the Spanish coast.[14][11] On 23 August, *Codrington* went to the aid of the British steamer *Gibel Jerom* (operated by the [Bland Line](/source/Bland_Line)), which had been stopped by the [Spanish Republican](/source/Republican_faction_(Spanish_Civil_War)) [light cruiser](/source/Light_cruiser) [Spanish cruiser *Miguel de Cervantes*](/source/Spanish_cruiser_Miguel_de_Cervantes) off [Cape Tres Forcas](/source/Cape_Three_Forks) while bound for Nationalist-held [Melilla](/source/Melilla) with a cargo of [petrol](/source/Petrol). *Codrington'*s commanding officer warned the [captain](/source/Captain_(nautical)) of *Miguel de Cervantes* that Britain would not tolerate any interference with British shipping outside the [three-mile limit](/source/Three-mile_limit). *Codrington* escorted *Gibel Jerom* back to [Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar).[15][16] On 12 January 1937, *Codrington* and the depot ship [HMS *Woolwich*](/source/HMS_Woolwich_(F80)) were in [Valencia](/source/Valencia) harbour when the harbour was shelled by a [Nationalist](/source/Nationalist_faction_(Spanish_Civil_War)) warship.[17]

*Codrington* returned to Britain in March 1937, and was replaced as leader of the 3rd Flotilla by the new [HMS *Inglefield*](/source/HMS_Inglefield) in June 1937.[18][19] She then entered the [reserve](/source/Reserve_fleet), but was refitted and then attached to the [Royal Naval Engineering College](/source/Royal_Naval_Engineering_College) at [Keyham, Plymouth](/source/Keyham,_Plymouth) in October 1938.[11][20] On 7 June 1939, *Codrington* took part in a tribute to the crew of the [submarine](/source/Submarine) [HMS *Thetis*](/source/HMS_Thetis_(N25)), which had sunk on trials in [Liverpool Bay](/source/Liverpool_Bay), above where *Thetis* had sunk.[21] After another refit she was recommissioned on completion of the refit in August 1939.[11]

### Wartime career

#### The English Channel and French coast

After being recommissioned, *Codrington* became part of the [19th Destroyer Flotilla](/source/19th_Destroyer_Flotilla), based at [Dover](/source/Dover) as part of the [Nore Command](/source/Commander-in-Chief,_The_Nore). During September and October 1939, the ship escorted convoys carrying the [British Expeditionary Force](/source/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)) to France. She conducted patrols and escorted convoys in the [English Channel](/source/English_Channel) and the [North Sea](/source/North_Sea) through December. *Codrington* embarked [King George VI](/source/George_VI_of_the_United_Kingdom) on 4 December and transported him to [Boulogne](/source/Boulogne-sur-Mer) for his visit to the British Expeditionary Force in France. *Codrington* re-embarked him on 10 December and brought him back to Dover.[11]

1940 saw *Codrington* continue to host [VIPs](/source/Very_Important_Person), as on 4 January, she embarked [Winston Churchill](/source/Winston_Churchill) (then [First Lord of the Admiralty](/source/Lord_Commissioner_of_the_Admiralty)) on a visit to France.[22] In February, she was nominated as the flotilla leader of the [1st Destroyer Flotilla](/source/1st_Destroyer_Flotilla) based at [Harwich](/source/Harwich), and that became effective on 3 March after the ship had a brief refit.[11]

#### The North Sea and Norwegian coast

On completion of the refit, she joined the flotilla at Harwich on 6 March and resumed convoy defence and patrol duties in the North Sea. The following month, she was transferred for detached service with the Home Fleet.[11] Receiving word that the [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) had attacked north-bound German warships in the North Sea on 7 April, the fleet, consisting of *Codrington*, the destroyers [HMS *Griffin*](/source/HMS_Griffin_(H31)), [HMS *Jupiter*](/source/HMS_Jupiter_(F85)), [HMS *Electra*](/source/HMS_Electra_(H27)), [HMS *Escapade*](/source/HMS_Escapade_(H17)), *Brazen*, [HMS *Bedouin*](/source/HMS_Bedouin_(F67)), [HMS *Punjabi*](/source/HMS_Punjabi_(F21)), [HMS *Eskimo*](/source/HMS_Eskimo_(F75)) and [HMS *Kimberley*](/source/HMS_Kimberley_(F50)) formed a screen for the [battleships](/source/Battleship) [HMS *Ramillies*](/source/HMS_Ramillies_(07)) and [HMS *Valiant*](/source/HMS_Valiant_(1914)), the [battlecruiser](/source/Battlecruiser) [HMS *Repulse*](/source/HMS_Repulse_(1916)), the light cruisers [HMS *Sheffield*](/source/HMS_Sheffield_(C24)), [HMS *Penelope*](/source/HMS_Penelope_(97)) and the French [French cruiser *Émile Bertin*](/source/French_cruiser_%C3%89mile_Bertin).[23] The ships put to sea that evening on a course that would position it to block an attempt to breakout into the Atlantic through the North Sea.[24] The British were unaware that the German ships were part of the forces supporting [Operation Weserübung](/source/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung) the invasion of Norway.[23] Two days later the fleet was discovered by German bombers and attacked with little effect. *Codrington* was detached to return to [Sullom Voe](/source/Sullom_Voe) for refuelling on 10 April.[25]

She was back in action on 14 April, being deployed with the destroyers *Acasta* and [HMS *Ardent*](/source/HMS_Ardent_(H41)) as part of the screen for *Valiant* which was escorting Convoy NP1 transporting troops and stores for the planned landings in Norway.[26][27] *Codrington* remained at [Harstad](/source/Harstad_Municipality) for the rest of the month, carrying out miscellaneous duties.[28] She was part of the escort for Convoy FP2 from Scapa Flow to Harstad which conveyed the French *27e Demi-Brigade de Chasseurs Alpins* (27th Half-Brigade of [Mountain Infantry](/source/Mountain_Infantry)) from 24 to 27 April.[29] The following day, the ship embarked [Admiral of the Fleet](/source/Admiral_of_the_Fleet), the [Earl of Cork and Orrery](/source/William_Boyle,_12th_Earl_of_Cork) and the French General [Antoine Béthouart](/source/Antoine_B%C3%A9thouart). They carried out a reconnaissance of the [Narvik](/source/Narvik) area, in preparation for the later assaults by Allied troops. During the survey, *Codrington* bombarded German gun positions and railway targets.[30]

#### Covering the evacuations

When the Germans invaded France and the [Low Countries](/source/Low_Countries) on 10 May, *Codrington* was transferred back to England, arriving at Dover the following day.[31] On 13 May the ship embarked members of the [Dutch royal family](/source/Dutch_royal_family) at [IJmuiden](/source/IJmuiden), [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands), and ferried them to safety in Britain.[11] With the destroyer [HMS *Jaguar*](/source/HMS_Jaguar_(F34)), *Codrington* covered an unsuccessful attempt to cut the underwater telephone cable between [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam) and England between 22 and 24 May.[32]

Four days later the ship began to evacuate troops from [Dunkirk](/source/Dunkirk). The morning of 28 May, with the destroyers *Jaguar* and *Javelin*, she rescued 33 survivors from the torpedoed Belgian [coaster](/source/Coastal_trading_vessel) [SS *Abukir*](/source/SS_Abukir) and transferred them to the destroyer [HMS *Grenade*](/source/HMS_Grenade_(H86)). *Codrington* took on 866 men from Dunkirk harbour and transported them to Dover. She made a second trip on 29 May, embarking 766 troops, and a third on 30 May, embarking 799 troops. A fourth trip followed on 31 May, when she loaded 909 men, together with other vessels. 1 June saw her taking 746 troops back to Dover, including [Major-General](/source/Major_general_(United_Kingdom)) (later [Field Marshal](/source/Field_marshal_(United_Kingdom))) [Bernard Montgomery](/source/Bernard_Montgomery). On 2 June the ship brought 878 troops back to the UK and her final run the next day saw only 44 men evacuated.[33][34]

*Codrington* was ordered to rendezvous with other destroyers off the French coast on the night of 9/10 June in preparation to evacuate British troops from [Le Havre](/source/Le_Havre), but this was postponed to allow the French to evacuate their troops first. The ship's captain served Senior Naval Officer (Afloat) off [Saint-Valery-en-Caux](/source/Saint-Valery-en-Caux) when the British attempted to rescue the men of the [51st (Highland) Division](/source/51st_(Highland)_Division) on the night of 11/12 June, but were greatly impeded by a heavy fog that night. The destroyer only managed to evacuate one man to [Portsmouth](/source/Portsmouth).[35][36]

In July *Codrington* was still the leader for the 1st Destroyer Flotilla which was based at Dover for convoy defence and patrol duties in the English Channel. The ship put into port near the end of the month to be [demagnetised](/source/Degaussing) and to have her boilers cleaned. She was [anchored](/source/Moored) alongside the [submarine tender](/source/Submarine_tender) [HMS *Sandhurst*](/source/HMS_Sandhurst) to have the work done. Dover was attacked on 27 July by [Messerschmitt Bf 109](/source/Messerschmitt_Bf_109)E-4/B [fighter-bombers](/source/Fighter-bomber) of *3. Staffel/[Erprobungsgruppe](/source/Erprobungskommando) 210* 3 Squadron, Experimental Wing 210). The destroyer was near-missed by a bomb but the subsequent detonation broke her back and riddled her [hull](/source/Hull_(watercraft)) with holes; only three men were wounded in the explosion. The sinking was not made public until 18 May 1945 for reasons of security.[37]

Salvage work was delayed until 1941 when most of the ship's structure protruding above the water was removed. Removing the hull was much more difficult as the wreck's location precluded the use of large amounts of explosives to cut the ship in half and allow each half to be raised individually. The salvage company lacked the [floating sheerleg](/source/Floating_sheerleg) [barge](/source/Barge) it deemed necessary to lift the ship and had to purchase a condemned barge. The repairs and installation of equipment meant that the barge did not arrive at Dover until 13 June 1942. In the meantime, [hardhat divers](/source/Hardhat_diver) had inspected the wreck and done some preliminary cutting to facilitate severing the halves of the ship. The discovery of 4 feet (1.2 m) of mud in the [boiler room](/source/Boiler_room_(ship)) and the torn and twisted pipework therein greatly slowed progress, enough so that the [Admiralty](/source/Admiralty_(United_Kingdom)) cancelled the contract on 30 October and took over the task. Half of the ship was refloated and moved to a nearby beach for demolition that lasted for several years. Attempts to refloat the other half in May 1947 failed but the wreck was lifted at an unknown date; its ultimate disposition is unknown.[38]

## Notes

1. "Cwt" is the abbreviation for [hundredweight](/source/Hundredweight), 20 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.

## Footnotes

1. Whitley 1988, p. 97

1. March 1966, pp. 247, 258–259

1. Lenton 1998, p. 152

1. March 1966, pp. 247, 260

1. March 1966, pp. 247, 259

1. Campbell 1985, p. 48

1. Friedman 2009, pp. 197–198

1. Friedman 2009, pp. 236, 239

1. English 1993, p. 15

1. Colledge, Warlow & Bush 2020, p. 90

1. English 1993, p. 16

1. English 1993, pp. 16–17

1. "Telegrams in Brief". *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. No. 46780. 14 June 1934. p. 15.

1. Halpern 2016, p. 191

1. Halpern 2016, pp. 212–213

1. ["British Warships Rush to Aid"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/144662219). *[Daily Advertiser](/source/The_Daily_Advertiser_(Wagga_Wagga))*. 25 August 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

1. "Valencia and Malaga Shelled". *The Times*. No. 47581. 13 January 1937. p. 11.

1. "The Services: Royal Navy: Third Destroyer Flotilla". *The Times*. No. 47639. 22 March 1937. p. 22.

1. "The Services: Royal Navy: New Destroyers". *The Times*. No. 47701. 3 June 1937. p. 9.

1. "The Services: Royal Navy: Changes in Command". *The Times*. No. 48122. 11 October 1938. p. 8.

1. "Memorial Services Today: Naval Tribute at Sea". *The Times*. No. 48325. 7 June 1939. p. 18.

1. Gilbert 2015, p. Chapter 7: January 1940: "The Tremendous Array of Negative Arguments"

1. Haarr 2009, p. 86

1. *Battle Summary - No. 17*, 1951, p. 11

1. Haarr 2009, pp. 287–288

1. *Battle Summary - No. 17*, 1951, p. 43

1. Haarr 2010, p. 198

1. Haarr 2010, p. 210

1. Rohwer 2005, p. 21

1. *Battle Summary - No. 17*, 1951, p. 103

1. Roskill 1957, pp. 206–207

1. ["HMS Codrington (D 65)"](https://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4339.html). *www.uboat.net*. Retrieved 25 May 2024.

1. Naval Historical Branch 2000, pp. 28, 77

1. Winser 1999, p. 84

1. Winser 1999, pp. 38, 127

1. Roskill 1957, pp. 231–232

1. Thomas 2024, pp. S258–S259, S263

1. Thomas 2024, pp. S260–S263

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## External links

- HMS *Codrington* at [Uboat.net](http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4339.html).
- [HMS Codrington's prewar and wartime career](http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-12A-Codrington.htm)

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