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|Ship image='Kent' (1724); 'Grafton' (1725) RMG J3123.png
|Ship caption=''Grafton'', plan of the 1725 rebuild
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|Ship country=[[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]
|Ship flag=[[File:Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg|60px|Royal Navy Ensign]]
|Ship name=HMS ''Grafton''
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|Ship builder=Swallow and Fowler, [[Limehouse]]
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|Ship launched=9 August 1709
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|Ship notes=*Participated in:
*[[Battle of Cape Passaro]]
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|Ship fate=Broken up, 1744
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|Header caption=as built<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p168">Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.</ref>
|Ship class=[[1706 Establishment]] 70-gun [[third rate]] [[ship of the line]]
|Ship tons burthen=1,095
|Ship length={{convert|150|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck)
|Ship beam={{convert|41|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
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|Ship hold depth={{convert|17|ft|4|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship sail plan=[[Full rigged ship]]
|Ship propulsion=Sails
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|Ship armament=*70 guns:
* Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
* Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
* Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs
* Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs
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|Header caption=after 1722 rebuild<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p169">Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p169.</ref>
|Ship class=[[1719 Establishment]] 70-gun third rate ship of the line
|Ship tons burthen=1,133
|Ship length={{convert|151|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck)
|Ship beam={{convert|41|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught=
|Ship hold depth={{convert|17|ft|4|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship sail plan=Full rigged ship
|Ship propulsion=Sails
|Ship complement=
|Ship armament=*70 guns:
*Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
*Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
*Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs
*Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs
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'''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.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p168" />

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.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p169" />

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==References==
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*{{Colledge}}
*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
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{{1719 Establishment ships}}

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