Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  BARNARD PETRUS J
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/01/2005		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD [GTI]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD., 1521 CONCORD PIKE, SUITE 301		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President, Graphite Electrodes
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

WILMINGTON, DE 19803		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Time options (right to buy)   (1) 02/08/2006 Common Stock 5,000 $ 35 D  
Time options (right to buy)   (2) 09/29/2008 Common Stock 66,000 $ 17.06 D  
Time options (right to buy) 12/15/2002 12/15/2010 Common Stock 60,000 $ 8.56 D  
Time options (right to buy)   (3) 12/31/2008 Common Stock 100,000 $ 6.56 D  
Time options (right to buy) 09/25/2003 09/25/2011 Common Stock 45,000 $ 8.85 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
BARNARD PETRUS J
C/O GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD.
1521 CONCORD PIKE, SUITE 301
WILMINGTON, DE 19803		       President, Graphite Electrodes  

Signatures

Karen G. Narwold, Attorney-in-fact for Petrus J. Barnard 04/04/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) 2,500 of such options became exercisable on each of May 2, 1996 and August 28, 1997.
(2) Of such options, 22,000 vested on each of: May 21, 1999, July 14, 1999 and September 29, 1999.
(3) One-third of these options become exercisable on March 1, 2006. The remainder becomes exercisable on July 31, 2008.

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