HMS Boxer (F92)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Boxer.
 Boxer in January 1999 | |
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Boxer |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down: | 1 November 1979 |
| Launched: | 17 June 1981 |
| Commissioned: | 22 December 1983 |
| Decommissioned: | 4 August 1999 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: F92 |
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| Fate: | Sunk as a target vessel |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Type 22 frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,800 tons |
| Length: | 146.5 m (481 ft) |
| Beam: | 4.8 m (16 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
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| Range: | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) |
| Complement: | 273 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters |
HMS Boxer was the first of the Batch 2 Type 22 frigates of the Royal Navy. She was decommissioned on 4 August 1999 and expended as a target in August 2004.
Service
Her nickname was The Billy B or Pinocchio, due to her extended bows. She was one of only two Batch 2s (the other being Beaver) fitted with the lower-height hangar of the Batch 1s, so she could only accommodate Lynx helicopters. On coming out of refit in 1990, with a clean bottom she achieved close to 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph).
During 1996 and 1997 she was leader of the 1st Frigate Squadron.
Commanding officers
| From | To | Captain[1] |
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| 1988 | 1990 | |
| 1990 | 1992 | Commander T J H Lawrence RN |
| 1991 | 1993 | Commander Richard Ibbotson RN |
| 1993 | 1994 | Commander Eric Fraser RN (later Cdre Fraser CBE) |
| 1996 | 1997 | Captain David A Lewis RN |
| 1999 | 2001 | |
References
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. "II: Royal Navy- Captains Commanding Warships". British Armed Forces (1900–). Retrieved 19 January 2014.
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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