A- and B-class destroyer
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The A- and B-class destroyers were a group of 18 destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s, with two additional ships built for the Royal Canadian Navy. The British ships were divided
Basilisk, 21 October 1937
HMS Codrington
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HMS Codrington was the flotilla leader for the A-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1920s. Completed in 1930, the ship spent most of the 1930s assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet. Sh
A- and B-class destroyer
…load. The ships were built by John I. Thornycroft & Company in Woolston, Hampshire and had the broad, slab-sided funnels characteristic of that builder. Codrington was built to an enlarged design to accommodate the commander of the destroyer flotilla, Captain (D) and his staff, some 47 additional officers and…
Codrington at sea, 4 June 1930
King George VI returns to Britain aboard Codrington after visiting the BEF