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HMS Boxer (1894)

Coordinates: 50°36′08″N 01°06′02″W / 50.60222°N 1.10056°W / 50.60222; -1.10056
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Boxer.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Boxer
BuilderThornycroft, Chiswick
Laid down1894
Launched28 November 1894
ChristenedMiss Joan Thornycroft
FateSunk after collision, 8 February 1918
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Displacement265 long tons (269 t)
Length200 ft (61 m)
Propulsion
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement53
Armament

HMS Boxer was an Template:Sclass- which served with the Royal Navy, launched on 28 November 1894.[1]

At the launch on 28 November 1894 at Chiswick the destroyer was named by Miss Joan Thornycroft, daughter of the artist Hamo Thornycroft and niece of the yards founder John Isaac Thornycroft.[2]

Service history

Boxer served with the Mediterranean Squadron in 1901,[3] and from 1 January 1902 was commanded by Lieutenant B. O. F. Phibbs.[4] She underwent repairs to re-tube her boilers in 1902.[5]

Boxer collided with the merchant ship SS St Patrick in the English Channel on 8 February 1918, sinking as a result.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ "HMS Boxer". pbenyon.plus.com. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Naval & Military Intelligence". Official Appointments and Notices. The Times. No. 34435. London. 30 November 1893. col E, p. 10. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  3. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36433. London. 19 April 1901. p. 10. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  4. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36643. London. 20 December 1901. p. 5. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  5. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36767. London. 14 May 1902. p. 12. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  6. ^ Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 18.

References

  • Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
  • Manning, Captain T.D (1961). The British Destroyer. Putnam and Co.

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