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HMS Grafton (1679)

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Name
  
HMS Grafton

Launched
  
1679

Captured
  
1707

Builder
  
Thomas Shish, Woolwich Dockyard

Class and type
  
70-gun third rate ship of the line

Tons burthen
  
1,174 long tons (1,192.8 t)

Length
  
150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)

HMS Grafton was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1679.

Grafton underwent a rebuild at Rotherhithe in 1700, remaining as a 70-gun third rate. She was captured by the French during the Action of 2 May 1707.

References

HMS Grafton (1679) Wikipedia