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{{short description|1983 Type 22 or Broadsword-class frigate of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Boxer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2014}}
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|Ship image=HMS BOXER F92.jpg
|Ship caption=''Boxer'' in January 1999
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|Ship name=HMS ''Boxer''
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|Ship builder=[[Yarrow Shipbuilders]]
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|Ship laid down=1 November 1979
|Ship launched=17 June 1981
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|Ship commissioned=22 December 1983
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|Ship decommissioned=4 August 1999
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|Ship motto=*''Praemonitus Praemunitis''
*([[Latin]]: "Forewarned is Forearmed")
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|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]]: F92
|Ship fate=Sunk as a target vessel
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|Ship class=[[Type 22 frigate|Type 22]] [[frigate]]
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|Ship displacement=4,800 tons
|Ship length={{convert|146.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|14.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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|Ship draught={{convert|6.4|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*2-shaft [[Combined gas or gas|COGOG]]
*2 × [[Rolls-Royce Olympus]] TM3B high-speed gas turbines ({{convert|54000|shp|lk=in|abbr=on}})
*2 × [[Rolls-Royce Tyne]] RM1C cruise gas turbines ({{convert|9700|shp|abbr=on}})
|Ship speed=*{{convert|18|kn|lk=in|abbr=on}} cruise
*{{convert|30|kn|abbr=on}} full
|Ship range={{convert|8000|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}}
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|Ship complement=273
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|Ship armament=*2 × 6 [[Sea Wolf missile|GWS25 Sea Wolf SAM]] launchers
*4 × 1 [[Exocet|Exocet SSM]] launchers
*2 × Twin 30 mm [[Anti-aircraft warfare|AA]] guns
*2 × 20 mm AA guns
*4 × 7.62 mm [[General-purpose machine gun|GPMG]]s
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|Ship aircraft=2 × [[Westland Lynx|Lynx MK 8]] helicopters
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'''HMS ''Boxer''''' was the first of the Batch 2 [[Type 22 frigate|Type 22]] [[frigate]]s of the [[Royal Navy]]. She was decommissioned on 4 August 1999 and expended as a target in August 2004.

==Service==
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 {{convert|34|kn|lk=in}}.

During 1996 and 1997 she was leader of the [[1st Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom)|1st Frigate Squadron]].

==Commanding officers==

Notable commanding officers include [[James Perowne]] (1986-1988), [[Timothy Laurence]] (1990-1992) and
[[Richard Ibbotson]] (1991-1993 and 1998-1999).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/|last=Mackie|first=Colin|title=II: Royal Navy- Captains Commanding Warships|work=British Armed Forces (1900–)|accessdate=19 January 2014}}</ref>

== References ==
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==Publications==
* {{Cite Colledge2006}}

{{Type 22 frigate}}

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[[Category:1981 ships]]
[[Category:Type 22 frigates of the Royal Navy]]
[[Category:Ships sunk as targets]]