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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey John Audley Miles|nick=Geoffrey J. A. Miles|appt=24 July, 1935|ass=24 August, 1935<ref>Inferred from Dorling's data.</ref>|end=|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|3}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey John Audley Miles|nick=Geoffrey J. A. Miles|appt=24 July, 1935|ass=24 August, 1935<ref>Inferred from Dorling's data.</ref>|end=|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|3}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Bostock Hill|nick=Thomas B. Hill|appt=30 September, 1938<ref>Hill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/102.|}} f. 104.</ref>|end=11 October, 1938<ref>Hill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/102.|}} f. 104.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Caspar Silas Balfour Swinley|nick=Caspar S. B. Swinley|appt=26 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4339}}|end=8 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4339}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Caspar Silas Balfour Swinley|nick=Caspar S. B. Swinley|appt=26 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4339}}|end=8 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4339}}}} | ||
Revision as of 23:45, 21 October 2020
| H.M.S. Codrington (1929) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | D65 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter |
| Laid down: | 20 Jun, 1928 |
| Launched: | 7 Aug, 1929 |
| Commissioned: | 4 Jun, 1930 |
| Bombed: | 27 Jul, 1940 |
H.M.S. Codrington was one of eleven "A" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy. She was different than the others, being configured as a flotilla leader, with an additional 4.7-in gun.
Service
She re-commissioned at Devonport on 11 June, 1930.[1]
She re-commissioned at Devonport on 18 October, 1932.[2]
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 23 July, 1935 for service as flotilla leader in the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[3]
Reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 7 June, 1937.[4]
Captains
- Commander Noel M. F. Corbett, 2 December, 1929 – 10 June, 1930
- Captain Cyril G. Sedgwick, 11 June, 1930 – 31 July, 1930 (and as Captain (D), Third Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Roderick B. T. Miles, 21 June, 1930 (also as Captain (D), Third Destroyer Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Frederick R. G. Maunsell, 12 March, 1931[5] – 4 July, 1931[Inference]
- Captain Roderick B. T. Miles, 4 July, 1931 (also as Captain (D), Third Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain James W. S. Dorling, 18 October, 1932[6] – 26 June, 1934 (and as Captain (D), Third Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain James W. S. Dorling, – 24 August, 1935 (and as Captain (D), Third Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Geoffrey J. A. Miles, 24 July, 1935 (and as Captain (D), Third Destroyer Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas B. Hill, 30 September, 1938[7] – 11 October, 1938[8]
- Captain David J. R. Simson, 24 August, 1939[9] – 26 November, 1939[10]
- Commander Caspar S. B. Swinley, 26 November, 1939[11] – 8 February, 1940[12]
- Captain George E. Creasy, 8 February, 1940[13] – 16 May, 1940[14]
- Captain George F. Stevens-Guille, 16 May, 1940[15] – 27 July, 1940[16]
I have no idea what is up with Maunsell. His service records seem at odds with Miles's.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 224.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 224.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 223.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/102. f. 104.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/102. f. 104.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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