Name: | CODRINGTON |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 20/06/1928 |
Launched: | 08/08/1929 |
Completed: | 04/06/1930 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1355 |
Dimensions: | 1540disp - 2012disp, 332.0 x 33.8 x 9.9(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 39000hp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 35.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 5 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 2 x 1 x 2pdr AA guns; 2 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
History: | |
04/06/1930 | British Royal Navy |
27/07/1940 | Sunk |
Comments: | Completed as a flotilla leader with extra accommodation |
27/07/1940: Bombed whilst alongside at Dover & back broken by a near miss |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
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Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
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