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Boxer in January 1999
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMSBoxer
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	1 November 1979
Launched	17 June 1981
Commissioned	22 December 1983
Decommissioned	4 August 1999
Identification	Pennant number: F92
Motto	Praemonitus Praemunitis (Latin: "Forewarned is Forearmed")
Fate	Sunk as a target vessel
General characteristics
Class and type	Type 22frigate
Displacement	4,800 tons
Length	146.5 m (481 ft)
Beam	14.8 m (49 ft)
Draught	6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion	2-shaftCOGOG 2 ×Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines (54,000 shp (40,000 kW)) 2 ×Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp (7,200 kW))
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) cruise 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) full
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi)
Complement	273
Armament	2 × 6GWS25 Sea Wolf SAM launchers 4 × 1Exocet SSM launchers 2 × Twin 30 mmAA guns 2 × 20 mm AA guns 4 × 7.62 mmGPMGs
Aircraft carried	2 ×Lynx MK 8 helicopters

HMSBoxer was the first of the Batch 2Type 22frigates of theRoyal Navy. She was decommissioned on 4 August 1999 and expended as a target in August 2004.

She was one of only two Batch 2s (the other beingBeaver) 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 34knots (63 km/h; 39 mph).

During 1996 and 1997 she was leader of the1st Frigate Squadron.

Notable commanding officers includeJames Perowne (1986-1988),Timothy Laurence (1990-1992) andRichard Ibbotson (1991-1993 and 1998-1999).^[1]

• 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.

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• Type 22 frigates of the Royal Navy
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