Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I noho a Codrington hei rangatira rangatira o te taumata tuatahi i te Moana Baltic i te Oketopa 1853 ā, i uru ia ki ngā mahi moana i te Pakanga o Crimea. I whakawehi a Admiral Sir Charles Napier ki a ia ki te kooti hoia mo te kore e tutuki i nga paerewa e hiahiatia ana engari kaore te Admiralty i whakaae ki te tautoko i tenei mahi. I whakatairangahia ia ki te commodore, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te mana o te kapa o nga kaipuke pupuhi me tana pennant whanui i te tuarua o nga tau i te Hui-tanguru 1856. I whakaarohia e te Admiralty ka arahi ia i tetahi misioni ki te whakaeke i te turanga moana i Kronstadt engari i mutu te Pakanga me te Tiriti o Paris
i te Poutu-te-rangi 1856 ka whakarerea te miihana.