HMS Boxer (F92)
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 Boxer in January 1999 | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| 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 | 14.8 m (49 ft) |
| Draught | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
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| Speed |
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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. After being decommissioned on 4 August 1999, the ship was sunk by the Royal Navy in the Western Approaches during a live-fire SINKEX in August 2004.[1]
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.
