Kammala jumla mai zuwa: HMS "Codrington" an umurce shi a ranar 6 ga Maris, 1928 daga tashar Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, a karkashin 1927 Naval Estimates. An sanya shi a ranar 20 ga Yuni, 1928 kuma an kaddamar da shi shekara guda daga baya a ranar 8 ga Agusta, 1929. An ba shi izini a ranar 4 ga Yuni, 1930. Bayan aiwatar da gwajin karɓar a cikin watan Fabrairun 1930, an ba shi aiki tare da Bahar Rum da Home Fleets. Ya zuwa yanzu shi ne kawai jirgin ruwa na Royal Navy da za a kira HMS "Codrington", bayan Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, kwamandan rundunar sojan da ke da alaka da rundunar sojan da ke kan iyakar.
Yaƙin Navarino.