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| Name | HMS Grafton |
| Ordered | 28 August 1744 & 6 August 1745 |
| Builder | Peirson Lock, Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Laid down | 11 September 1745 |
| Launched | 29 March 1750 |
| Commissioned | February 1755 |
| In service | 1755–1763 |
| Fate | Sold at Chatham Dockyard, 1767 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 1745 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,414 56⁄94(bm) |
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| Beam | 45 ft 4 in (13.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft 4 in (5.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 520 |
HMS Grafton was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 29 March 1750. The ship served in the failed Louisbourg Expedition (1757).