hms "codrington" was ordered on 6 march 1928 from the yards of swan hunter & wigham richardson, wallsend, under the 1927 naval estimates. she was laid down on 20 june 1928 and was launched a year later on 8 august 1929. she was commissioned on 4 june 1930. after carrying out acceptance trials throughout february 1930, she was assigned to operate with the mediterranean and home fleets. she has so far been the only ship of the royal navy to be named hms "codrington", after admiral sir edward codrington, commander of the allied fleet at the battle of navarino.