HMS Grafton was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class

Edgar class cruiser

The Edgar-class was a nine-ship class of protected cruiser built around 1891 for the Royal Navy.-Design:Crescent and Royal Arthur were built to a slightly modified design with a raised forecastle and a pair of 6 inch guns replacing the forward 9.2 inch gun, and are sometimes considered a...

. She was launched on 30 January 1892. She served in the First World War in the Gallipoli Campaign, along with her sisters Endymion

HMS Endymion (1891)

HMS Endymion was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class. She was launched on 22 July 1891. She took part in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion in China, during which time future rear admiral and VC recipient Eric Gascoigne Robinson served aboard her...

, Edgar

HMS Edgar (1890)

HMS Edgar was a first class cruiser of the Royal Navy, and lead ship of the Edgar class. She was built at Devonport and launched on 24 November 1890...

 and Theseus

HMS Theseus (1892)

HMS Theseus was an Edgar-class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy. The Edgars were basically smaller versions of the Blake class. Theseus was launched at Leamouth, London in 1892 and commissioned on 14 January 1896....

. She was sold for breaking up at Plymouth on 1 July 1920.

On 10 June 1917, Grafton was torpedoed by the German U-boat 150 nautical miles (277.8 km) east of Malta

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

and was damaged, but was safely brought into port at Malta.