Ships
- HMS Grafton was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1700, and captured by the French in 1707.
- HMS Grafton, a fire ship purchased in 1694 and sold in 1696
- HMS Grafton, a 70-gun third rate launched in 1709, rebuilt in 1725 and broken up in 1744
- HMS Grafton. a 70-gun third rate launched in 1750 and sold in 1767
- HMS Grafton, a 74-gun third rate launched in 1771
- HMS Grafton. an Edgar-class cruiser launched in 1892 and broken up in 1920
- HMS Grafton, a G-class destroyer launched in 1935 and torpedoed in 1940
- HMS Grafton, a Blackwood-class (Type 14) frigate launched in 1957 and broken up in 1971
- HMS Grafton, a Type 23 frigate
- USS Grafton (APA-109), a Bayfield-class attack transport launched in 1944 and scrapped in 1974
- USS Grafton (PCS-1431), a United States Navy patrol craft sweeper
- Grafton (ship), a schooner wrecked on the Auckland Islands in 1864
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