HMS Grafton (1709)

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Career (Great Britain) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Grafton
Builder: Swallow and Fowler, Limehouse
Launched: 9 August 1709
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Fate: Broken up, 1744
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 1706 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,095 long tons (1,112.6 t)
Length: 150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 41 ft (12.5 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

70 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1722 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,133 long tons (1,151.2 t)
Length: 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

70 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs

HMS Grafton was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built by Swallow and Fowler, of Limehouse, London to the dimensions of the 1706 Establishment, and was launched on 9 August 1709.[1]

She spent some time under the command of George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard, and by 1718 she was commanded by Nicholas Haddock, and was present at the Battle of Cape Passaro. By 1738 she was stationed at the Nore, when she was commanded by Richard Lestock.

On 21 September 1722 Grafton was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt to the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich, from where she was relaunched on 25 November 1725. She remained in service until 1744, when she was broken up.[2]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p169.

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