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HMS Grafton |
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HMS Grafton Laid Down : 30th August 1934 Launched : 18th September 1935 Completed : 20th March 1936 Type : Destroyer Class : G Builder : Thornycroft Country : UK Pennants : H89 Fate : Sunk 29th May 1940. |
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HMS Grafton Photos for Sale |
  HMS Grafton, May 1937. |
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22nd April 1935 - 1st Destroyer Flotilla 22nd April 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 25th April 1935 - Arrived Malta 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 29th July 1935 - Sailed St. Raphael for Malta 1st August 1935 - Arrived Malta 18th September 1935 - Launched 18th September 1935 - Pennant 28th December 1935 - Sailed Colombo for Aden 18th April 1936 - Sailed Portland for Gibraltar 22nd April 1936 - Arrived Gibraltar 1st September 1936 - Arrived Skiathos 9th September 1936 - Arrived Malta 24th March 1937 - Arrived Gartegena 30th March 1937 - Arrived Almeria 14th April 1937 - Sailed Alicante for Valencia 24th April 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 9th June 1937 - Sailed Plymouth 19th June 1937 - Arrived Almeria 29th June 1937 - Arrived Almeria 13th July 1937 - Arrived Ceuta 15th July 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 22nd October 1937 - Sailed Gibraltar 19th February 1938 - Cdr. Mervyn Somerset Thomas, RN In Command 29th July 1938 - Sailed Plymouth for Gibraltar 31st December 1938 - Arrived Malta 18th March 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 21st March 1939 - Arrived Malta 14th May 1939 - Arrived Palma 28th July 1939 - Arrived Limasol 14th August 1939 - Sailed Limasol for Alexandria 2nd September 1939 - Arrivved Alexandria from escort duties 2nd September 1939 - 1st Destroyer Flotilla, Division 1, Mediterranean Fleet 3rd September 1939 - Sailed Alexandria and relieved the 3rd Flotilla 3rd September 1939 - Outfitting at Sheerness 9th October 1939 - Exercised off Alexandri 10th October 1939 - Sailed Alexandria for Gibraltar 14th October 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 15th October 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for duty with the 1st Battle Squadron at Alexandria. 15th October 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for Alexandria. Then returned to Gibraltar 17th October 1939 - Relieved of escorting HMS Ramilles 17th October 1939 - Joined Convoy Blue 4 18th October 1939 - Detached from Convoy Blue 4 19th October 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for Plymouth. Assigned duty at Harwich 28th October 1939 - Joined Convoy HG.3 29th October 1939 - Arrived Liverpool with Convoy HG.3 29th October 1939 - Joined the 22nd Destroyer Flotilla 31st October 1939 - At Plymouth for boiler cleaning 2nd November 1939 - Joined Convoy HX.7 17th November 1939 - Joined Convoy SLF.9 17th November 1939 - Arrived Liverpool with Convoy HX.7 18th November 1939 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.37 20th November 1939 - Detached from Convoy OA.37 25th November 1939 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.41 19th December 1939 - On patrol in 51-50N, 1-46E reported a large number of floating mines 15th January 1940 - Swept off the Dutch coast in Operation ST 2 18th January 1940 - Cdr. Cecil Edmund Charles Robinson, RN In Command 19th January 1940 - Carried out Operation ST.4 9th February 1940 - Attached to the Humber for patrol operations. 9th February 1940 - 1st Destroyer Flotilla 9th February 1940 - Sailed Harwich for Humber. Arrived later that day 1st April 1940 - 1st Destroyer Flotilla 2nd Division 1st April 1940 - Cdr. C.E. Robinson in Command 1st April 1940 - Repairing at Hull 26th May 1940 - At Dunkirk 29th May 1940 - Sunk | |||
HMS Grafton Artwork Collection |
  Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman. |   Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman. |
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