HMS Boxer (F92)


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.

Service

She was one of only two Batch 2s 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.
During 1996 and 1997 she was leader of the 1st Frigate Squadron.

Commanding officers

Notable commanding officers include James Perowne, Timothy Laurence and
Richard Ibbotson.

Publications

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