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HMS Boxer (F92)
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 HMS Boxer(F92) |
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Boxer |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down: | 1 November 1979 |
| Launched: | 17 June 1981 |
| Commissioned: | 22 December 1983 |
| Decommissioned: | 4 August 1999 |
| Motto: | Permentus Prementoris "Forwarned is Forearmed" |
| Fate: | Sunk as a target vessel |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,800 tons |
| Length: | 146.5 m (480 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.8 m (48 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft COGOG 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines (54,000 shp / 40 MW) 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp / 7.2 MW) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33.3 km/h) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h) full |
| Range: | 8,000 nm (16,000 km) |
| Complement: | 273 |
| Armament: | 2 × 6 GWS25 Sea Wolf SAM launchers 4 × 1 Exocet SSM launchers 2 × Twin 30 mm AA guns 2 × 20 mm AA guns 4 × 7.62 mm GPMGs |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters |
HMS Boxer (F92) 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.
Her nickname was The Billy B.