Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Codrington ya zama kwamandan kwamandan na farko a cikin Baltic Sea a watan Oktoba 1853 kuma ya shiga cikin ayyukan jiragen ruwa a lokacin yakin Crimean. Admiral Sir Charles Napier ya yi barazanar zuwa kotun soji saboda ya kasa cimma ka'idodin da ake buƙata amma Admiralty ya ƙi tallafawa wannan aikin. An ci gaba da shi zuwa commodore, an ba shi umurnin wani rukuni na gunboats tare da babban fansa a karo na biyu a watan Fabrairun 1856. Admiralty ya yi tunanin cewa zai jagoranci wani manufa don kai hari ga sansanin jiragen ruwa a Kronstadt amma War ya ƙare tare da
Yarjejeniyar Paris a watan Maris na 1856 kuma an watsar da aikin.