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 *
  PRETORIUS HERMANUS LAMBERTUS
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/15/2005		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD [GTI]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL, 1521 CONCORD PIKE, SUITE 301		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below)
Cathodes
 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)
Common Stock 20,000
D (1)
 

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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)   (2) 02/08/2006 Common Stock 10,000 $ 35 D  
Time options (right to buy)   (3) 09/29/2008 Common Stock 57,000 $ 17.06 D  
Time options (right to buy) 02/28/2005 02/28/2010 Common Stock 10,000 $ 14 D  
Time options (right to buy) 12/15/2002 12/15/2010 Common Stock 2,500 $ 8.56 D  
Time options (right to buy)   (4) 09/25/2011 Common Stock 10,000 $ 8.85 D  
Time options (right to buy)   (5) 12/31/2008 Common Stock 100,000 $ 6.56 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
PRETORIUS HERMANUS LAMBERTUS
C/O GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL
1521 CONCORD PIKE, SUITE 301
WILMINGTON, DE 19803		       Cathodes

Signatures

/s/Karen G. Narwold, Attorney-in-fact for Hermanus L. Pretorius 09/26/2005
**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) On August 31, 2005, the Company granted 20,000 restricted shares, valued at the then current market price of $5.94 per share, under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan, of which one-third will vest on August 31 of each of 2006, 2007, and 2008.
(2) Of such options, 2,500 vested on each of May 2, 1996 and August 28, 1997 and 5,000 on February 8, 2004.
(3) Of such options, 19,000 vested on each of May 21, 1999, July 14, 1999 and September 29, 1999.
(4) Such options have vested and were granted as part of an annual grant with vesting dates of September 25, 2001 and September 25, 2003.
(5) Such options will vest on July 31, 2008 or earlier on March 31, 2006 if certain cash flow performance targets are achieved in each of 2003, 2004 and 2005 under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan. For each year that such targets are achieved, one-third of the options granted will vest on March 31, 2006. If not previously exercised, these options will expire on December 31, 2008. 33,333 of such options will vest on March 31, 2006.

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