HMS Grafton (1892)
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| 300px HMS Grafton | |
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|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Grafton |
| Builder: | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | 1 January 1890 |
| Launched: | 30 January 1892 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up 1 July 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7,350 tons |
| Length: | 387.5 ft (118.1 m) |
| Beam: | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Armament: |
2 x BL 9.2-inch (233.7 mm) Mk VI guns |
HMS Grafton was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class. She was launched on 30 January 1892. She served in the First World War in the Gallipoli Campaign, along with her sisters Endymion, Edgar and Theseus. She was sold for breaking up at Plymouth on 1 July 1920.
On 10 June 1917, Grafton was torpedoed by the German U-boat Template:SMU 150 nautical miles (280 km) east of Malta and was damaged,[1] but was safely brought into port at Malta.[2] There were no casualties in the attack.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Grafton (hms)". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2587.html. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
- ↑ Gibson and Prendergast, p. 260.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Gibson, R. H.; Maurice Prendergast (2003) [1931]. The German Submarine War, 1914–1918. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781591143147. OCLC 52924732.
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