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, 2.5103666666667)

 

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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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35. Hms grafton
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39. Hms polly johnson
40. Hms sirius
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44. Hms whitley
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53. Lst 420 (stern section)
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56. M 3610
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64. Nautica ena
65. Neutron
66. Neutron
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68. Normandie
69. P 319
70. Putten
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75. Rita
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77. Robert-clara
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79. S 220
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86. Samvern (w part)
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89. Sigurds faulbaums
90. Slera ventana
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97. 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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