HMS BOXER F92

Class:…………………………Type 22 Broadsword class (Group 2)

Builder:……………………..Marconi Marine (YSL), Scotstoun, Glasgow

Yard number:…………….1024

Laid down:………………….1 November 1979

Launched:……………………17 June 1981

Completed:………………….22 December 1983

Propulsion:…………………..2 shafts: System COGOG

•2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines (30 knots full power)

•2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines (18 knots cruising)

Speed:…………………………28.5 knots

Range:………………………… 4500 nautical miles at 18 knots

Fate:

•4 August 1999………..Decommissioned.

•August 2004…………..Sunk as Fleet Target in North Atlantic after being towed out of Portsmouth on 27 July.

 

 

HMS BOXER in an undated RN postcard

 

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