This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms grafton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 24.418 N,2 49.088 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

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2. A-15 (possibly)
3. Apache
4. Ardmount
5. Auretta
6. Birkenfels
7. Bourrasque
8. Bowsprite (bow section)
9. Callisto
10. Cmb 1
11. Cmb 71a
12. Dawdon
13. Dortmund
14. Emeraude
15. Empire path
16. Fl5
17. G 96
18. Harpalyce
19. Heinkel 111
20. Hm motor launch 561
21. Hms basilisk
22. Hms brilliant
23. Hms colsay
24. Hms gracie fields
25. Hms grafton
26. Hms grafton
27. Hms plumpton (probably)
28. Hms sirius
29. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
30. Hms wakeful
31. Hms waverley
32. Hms whitley
33. Jeannine andre
34. John mahn
35. Keulse vaart iv
36. Lct(r) 457
37. Lst 420 (stern section)
38. Lst 80
39. M 3610
40. Marie
41. Maurice
42. Mont louis
43. Nashaba
44. Nautica ena
45. Neutron
46. Neutron
47. Nippon
48. Normandie
49. P 319
50. Putten
51. Queen of the channel (possibly)
52. Quo vadis
53. Ra.2 (possibly)
54. Rijnstroom
55. Rita
56. Robert l vann
57. S 168
58. Sabrina
59. Sampa
60. Samsip
61. Samvern (w part)
62. Senator holthusen
63. Sigurds faulbaums
64. Slera ventana
65. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
66. Torpilleur branlebas
67. U 11
68. Ub 13
69. Ub 29
70. Ub29
71. Zeester

 

Name: HMS GRAFTON

Length 95.1 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 1335 ton

Cause: Torpedoed by german e-boat near kwinte buoy, while attempting to pick up survivors from hms wakeful, which also had been torpedoed, during the evacuation of allied troops from dunkirk. was apparently finally sunk by gunfire from hms ivanhoe and she probably drifted for some time before this occurred.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: TORPEDOED IN 512200N, 024200E, APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H01279/45 6.4.45 INS DWPA IN 512436N, 024924E, WITH G CAN LT BY, GP FL(2) G 10S, CLOSE NW.

- NM 966/45. H1883/45 18.4.45 WK, 2 MASTS SHOWING, IN 512436N, 024924E, APPROX. (ADMIRALTY). INS (2 MASTS) AGAINST WRECK.

- NM 1097/45. H01279/45 18.6.45 G CAN BUOY, GPFL(3) G 10S, LAID CLOSE NW. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1680/45. H01279/45 8.8.45 POSN AMENDED TO 512428N, 024818E. (ADMIRALTY). 2.9.55 NW BUOY NOT SHOWN ON NETH CHART OR BELGIAN K 1127. DELETE BUOY TO NW. BR STD. H1299/58 14.4.58 MAST & NW BUOY NOT SEEN. SW BUOY STILL ON STATION. (MV FOURCAULT, 30.1.58). AMEND TO DW, WITH BUOY, FL(2) G 10S CLOSE SE. DELETE NW BUOY.

- NM 535/58. H3697/52 15.5.62 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS. H3697/52 28.12.62 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 15MTRS. DELETE BUOY. (OSTEND NM 166/62). AMEND TO SW 8FMS 1FT.

- NM 2789/62. 12.1.73 AMEND TO SW 15MTRS. NC 125. H3697/52 13.8.84 AMEND TO SW 16.2 MTRS IN 512428N, 024910E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 15/103/84). BR STD. HH100/351/07 18.10.93 WK IN 512430N, 024910E IDENTIFIED AS HMS GRAFTON. LIES WITH BRIDGE STRUCTURE ALONGSIDE AND WITH PROP SHAFT SHOWING FROM AMIDSHIPS TO AFT WHERE MANY 4.7 INCH SHELLS, DEPTH CHARGES AND 50MM AMMUNITION IS TO BE FOUND. FOR'D GUN POINTS UPWARD OUT OF THE SANDY SEABED. AFTER GUN CAN ALSO BE SEEN. (M R H VALDERWEIRELDT, 30.9.93). SEP 2010/000138707 14.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 16.1MTRS [LAT] IN 5124.418N, 0249.088E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 24.418 N,2 49.088 E

 

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