HMS Codrington

HMS Codrington (D65)

Navy:	Royal Navy
Type:	Destroyer
Class:	'A' Class
Pennant:	D 65
Mod:	Flotilla Leader
Built by:	Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.):
Ordered:	6 Mar, 1928
Laid down:	20 Jun, 1928
Launched:	8 Aug, 1929
Commissioned:	4 Jun, 1930
Complement:	185
Lost:	27 Jul, 1940 sunk at Dover by German aircraft.

History:	HMS Codrington proved to be a fast ship, reaching 37.7 knots on a displacement of 1.674 tons with 39.257shp during 6-hour full-power trials, but her gearing was noisy and had to be re-cut before final acceptance.