HMS Grafton

HMS Grafton (H89) was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the mid-1930s. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 the ship spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the non-intervention measures agreed by Britain and France. After the beginning of World War II she was transferred from the Mediterranean Fleet to Great Britain for escort and contraband inspection duties. Grafton was refitting when the Norwegian Campaign began in April 1940, but the ship escorted convoys to Norway once her refit was completed. She evacuated British troops from the Dunkirk bridgehead in May, but was sunk by a German submarine after she stopped to rescue survivors from another British destroyer.

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1936 Wikimedia, Wikidata
H89
length 98.5 metre, speed 36 knot, draft 3.78 metre, beam 10.1 metre,
destroyer, G and H-class destroyer, shipwreck, Royal Navy, John I. Thornycroft & Company,

Location: 51.4, 2.8167, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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HM LST-420 ⓘ
1942 LST-1-class tank landing ship
SM U-5 ⓘ
submarine
SM UB-10 ⓘ
1915 Type UB I submarine
SM UB-13 ⓘ
1915 Type UB I submarine
SM UB-40 ⓘ
1916 Type UB II submarine
SM UB-59 ⓘ
SM UC-14 ⓘ
SM UC-62 ⓘ
1916 Type UC II submarine
SMS S15 ⓘ
1912 S13-class large torpedo boat
SMS S20 ⓘ
S13-class large torpedo boat of the Imperial German Navy and sunk in 1917
HMS Thetis ⓘ
1890 Apollo-class protected cruiser

1936-03-20T00:00:00Z

1936 HMS Grafton

1940-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dunkirk evacuation

1936-03-20T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1935-09-18T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1934-08-30T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1600-07-02T00:00:00Z

1600 Battle of Nieuwpoort

1601-07-04T00:00:00Z

1604-09-22T00:00:00Z

1601 — 1604 Siege of Ostend

1745-08-01T00:00:00Z

1745-08-23T00:00:00Z

1745 Siege of Ostend

1887-01-01T00:00:00Z

1887 Vissersopstand

1914-10-16T00:00:00Z

1914-10-31T00:00:00Z

1914 Battle of the Yser

1918-04-23T00:00:00Z

1918 Zeebrugge Raid

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict	1600	Battle of Nieuwpoort	Dutch Republic, battle, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1601	Siege of Ostend	Dutch Republic, Habsburg Spain, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1745	Siege of Ostend	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1887	Vissersopstand	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Battle of the Yser	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Zeebrugge Raid	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle, German Empire	Wikidata
link	page		Dreadnought Project page^@		Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page^@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page^@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		HM LST-420	tank landing ship, LST-1-class tank landing ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM U-5	submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-10	U-boat, Type UB I submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-13	U-boat, Type UB I submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-40	U-boat, Type UB II submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-59	Type UB III submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UC-14	Type UC I submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UC-62	Type UC II submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS S15	S13-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS S20	S13-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1892	HMS Thetis	protected cruiser, Apollo-class protected cruiser	Wikidata
organisation	factory		Béliard-Crighton	shipyard	Wikidata
organisation	military branch		Belgian Coast Guard	coast guard	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Stützpunkt Stene	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1917	Batterie Deutschland	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Napoleon	military museum, fort, military training area, museum	Wikidata
site	fort		Nieuwe Troje Redoubt	redoubt	Wikidata
site	fort		Sint-Albertusfort	fort	Wikidata
site	museum		Provinciedomein Raversijde - Atlantikwall - Walraversijde - memoriaal prins Karel	military museum, organization	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SM UC-4	Type UC I submarine, minelaying submarine, shipwreck, U-boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1897	HMS Vindictive	Arrogant-class protected cruiser, protected cruiser, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1917	HMS Wakeful	V and W-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1936	HMS Grafton	shipwreck, G and H-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1936	HMS Grenade	shipwreck, G and H-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
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HMS Grafton

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