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HMS Grafton (1750)

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was commissioned in February 1755 under Captain Charles Holmes, in the months immediately before the commencement of the
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British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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This article about a ship of the line of the United Kingdom is a
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served until 1767, when she was sold out of the Navy.
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HMS Grafton

Royal Navy Ensign
Great Britain
Portsmouth Dockyard
Chatham Dockyard
1745 Establishment
third rate
ship of the line
bm
Full-rigged ship
third-rate
ship of the line
Royal Navy
Portsmouth Dockyard
1745 Establishment
Louisbourg Expedition (1757)
Seven Years' War
Edward Boscawen


ISBN
9781844157006

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