HMS Boxer explained
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boxer, named after the competitor in a boxing match.
- was an launched in 1797 and sold in 1809.
- was a launched in 1812 that the US Navy captured in 1813 during the War of 1812.
- There was a Boxer that on 8 April 1814 participated in boat service that resulted in the destruction of 27 vessels and a quantity of stores up the Connecticut River and for which the Royal Navy issued a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal. However, this was a typo, as the vessel present was the .
- was a paddle steamer formerly called Ivanhoe bought by the Royal Navy in 1837 and sold in 1841.
- was to have been a . Construction was started in 1846 but she was cancelled before being completed.
- was a which was launched in 1855 and broken up at Malta in 1865.
- was a launched in 1868 and sold for scrap in 1887.
- was an launched in 1894 and sunk in a collision with SS St Patrick on 8 February 1918.
- was an LST that served during the Allied invasion of Italy in World War II. The vessel was later used as a fighter direction ship and after the war, a radar training vessel.
- was a Type 22 frigate, launched in 1981, paid off in 1999 and sunk as a target in August 2004.
Battle honours
Ships named Boxer have earned the following battle honours:
