HMS Grafton (1892)

HMS Grafton was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class. She was launched on 30 January 1892. Commissioned at Portsmouth on September 10 1895, she served in the China sea on the China station from April 22 1896 till September 10 1889, and served in the First World War in the Gallipoli Campaign, along with her sisters Endymion, Edgar and Theseus. She was sold for breaking up at Plymouth on 1 July 1920.

On 10 June 1917, Grafton was torpedoed by the German U-boat SMU UB-43 150 nmi east of Malta and was damaged, but was safely brought into port at Malta. There were no casualties in the attack. She later took part in the Battle of Jaffa.