John Grafton
ship
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The John Grafton was a ship central to the "John Grafton affair" of 1905-1906, involving Finnish nationalist Konni Zilliacus. Zilliacus, a Finnish patriot, led a group that smuggled arms from Sweden into Russian-controlled Finland. The John Grafton was the largest of three vessels Zilliacus used for this purpose, with the arms purchased using Japanese funds and intended for anti-Tsarist groups. The ship ultimately ran aground off the Finnish coast, and most of its cargo was destroyed, though some arms were successfully landed.1
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