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Codrington Edward
(1770—1851)

British admiral. On the renewal of hostilities with France he remained in frigates for some time before being given the ship of the line HMS Orion in the spring of 1805 which was attached to Admiral Nelson's fleet off Cadiz in the blockade of the combined fleet. Codrington and Orion were engaged at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, where Orion was stationed to the rear of the northern division and therefore took two hours to reach battle. Once there, Codrington ignored all other ships and focused entirely on closing with a hitheroto unengaged French ship, the Swiftsure, forcing her to surrender. He then attacked but failed to capture the Spanish flagship Principe de Asturias before moving on to the Intrepide, the only ship of the northern division to return. Orion, with other ships, dismasted and then sailed round her firing continually until she surrendered.

For the next several years, Codrington fought alongside the Spanish against the French in the Mediterranean Sea, commanding a squadron which harried French shipping and made numerous coastal raids. he also supported the disastrous Walcheren expedition in 1809. In 1814 he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral, at which time he was serving off the coast of North America as captain of the fleet to Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane during the operations against Washington, Baltimore and New Orleans during the War of 1812. In recognition of this service, in 1815 he was made a Knight Commander of the Bath and then a vice admiral on the 10 July 1821. He commanded the combined British, French, and Russian fleet that in 1827 destroyed the Turkish and Egyptian fleets in the battle of Navarino.

Dominica, 2005, Nelson explane the plan of attack

Greece, 1927/1928, Edward Codrington

Greece, 1927/1928, Edward Codrington

Greece, 1977, Admirals Van der Heyden, Codrington and de Rigny

Maldives, 2005, Battle of Trafalgar

Solomon Islands, 2005, The Nelson Touch

St. Vincent, 2004, Nelson explaining to the officers the plan of attack