Codrington 1939
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Codrington | D65 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 6/1928 | 7/8/1929 | 5/1930 | sunk 27/7/1940 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1540 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2012 |
|
Length, m |
101.2 pp 104.5 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.3 |
|
Draught, m |
3.76 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
39000 |
|
Max speed, kn |
35 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 425 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
5000(15) |
|
Armament |
5 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 3 DCR (6 DC) |
|
Complement |
185 |
Ship project history: She was designed as improved Scott, however ship with 2450t full displacement has been recognised by excessively big and expensive, that has served as a cause of a failure from its further working out. Variant with much more modest data has been approved to building: hull length have shrunk to 13.1m, displacement was moderated, power and structure of machinery also (boilers number fall from 4 to 3). The number of main guns has not changed, only semi-automatic Mk IX guns instead of Mk l (as on "Modified W", Scott and Shakespeare classes leaders and experimental destroyers of 1924 program) were provided. In remaining the structure of armament of the leader corresponded "A" class destroyers. The worst, in comparison with destroyers of her flotilla, manoeuvrability became a significant lack of Codrington. The diameter of circulation on full speed of leader exceeded similar indicator on destroyers is tried on 350m.
Modernizations: 5/1940: - 1 x 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA
Naval service: Codrington has been badly damaged by explosion of air bomb from German Ju 88 bomber at Dover 27/7/1940, ran aground and never repaired.
Codrington 1930
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