HMS Grafton (1892)
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Name | HMS Grafton |
Builder | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company |
Laid down | 1 January 1890 |
Launched | 30 January 1892 |
Commissioned | Portsmouth 10 September 1895 |
Fate | Sold for breaking up 1 July 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Edgar-class cruiser |
Displacement | 7,350 tons |
Length | 387.5 ft (118.1 m) |
Beam | 60 ft (18 m) |
Armament |
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HMS Grafton was a first class
Construction
Grafton was laid down at the
Service
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Commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 September 1895, she served in the China sea on the
In December 1901 she was ordered to relieve
On 18 April 1902 Grafton landed two parties of fully armed sailors at San José, Guatemala, to suppress the revolutionary disturbance caused by the United Kingdom's efforts to obtain re-payment of a loan from the Guatemalan government. The show of force sufficed, and the government paid.[9] In December that year she visited Monterey, San Diego, Mazatlán and Acapulco.[10][11] On 31 January 1903 Grafton was on passage from Callao, Peru to Coquimbo, Chile, when she struck and killed a large (estimated at 60 feet (18 m) long) whale.[12]
On the outbreak of the First World War, Grafton was part of the 10th Cruiser Squadron, which was employed in enforcing the
Grafton, along with her
On 10 June 1917, Grafton was torpedoed by the German U-boat UB-43 150 nautical miles (280 km) east of Malta.[21] Grafton's anti-torpedo bulges proved effective and damage was limited, allowing her to be safely brought into port at Malta under her own power with no casualties.[21][22][23] She later took part in the Battle of Jaffa.
Grafton was sold for breaking up at Plymouth on 1 July 1920.[24]
Notes
- ^ Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 66.
- ^ The Engineer 30 June 1895, p. 564.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36631. London. 6 December 1901. p. 6.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36665. London. 15 January 1902. p. 6.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36680. London. 1 February 1902. p. 13.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36717. London. 17 March 1902. p. 10.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36720. London. 20 March 1902. p. 10.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36638. London. 14 December 1901. p. 12.
- ^ "Latest intelligence - Great Britain and Guatemala". The Times. No. 36764. London. 10 May 1902. p. 7.
- ^ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. No. 36944. London. 6 December 1902. p. 11.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36956. London. 20 December 1902. p. 6.
- ^ "Miscellanea" (PDF). The Engineer. 20 March 1903. p. 292.
- ^ Jellicoe 1919, p. 11.
- ^ From the Royal Navy log book for HMS Grafton, 9 December 1914. Transcribed by the Old Weather[?] project.
- ^ a b Gardiner and Gray 1985, pp. 10–11.
- ^ Gardiner and Gray 1985, pp. 47–48.
- ^ Brown 2010, p. 163.
- ^ Kindell, Don (2011). "1st – 31st August 1915: in date, ship/unit & name order". World War 1 - Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies. Naval-History.net. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ Corbett, Julian S. (2013) [Originally published by Longmans, Green and Co.: London, 1924]. "History of the Great War - Naval Operations, Volume 3, Spring 1915 to June 1916 (Part 1 of 2)". Naval-History.net. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Battle Honours and Single-Ship Actions of the Royal Navy 1914–18". Naval-History.net. 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2014..
- ^ a b Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Grafton (hms)". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
- ^ Gibson and Prendergast, p. 260.
- ^ Brown 2010, pp. 163–164.
- ^ Dittmar and Colledge 1972, p. 38.
Sources
- Brown, David K. (2010). The Grand Fleet: Warship Design and Development 1906–1922. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-085-7.
- Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
- "The First Class Cruiser Grafton" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 75. 30 June 1893. pp. 563–564.
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Gibbs, Charles (1900). The Cruise of HMS Grafton - a record of her commission on China Station, April 1896, to September 1899. London: Gale & Polden Ltd. OCLC 37279613.
- Gibson, R. H.; Maurice Prendergast (2003) [1931]. The German Submarine War, 1914–1918. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. OCLC 52924732.
- Jellicoe, John (1919). The Grand Fleet 1914–1916: Its Creation, Development and Work. London: Cassell and Company.
External links
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