&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Boxer.jpg) HMS Boxer fitted out as a fighter direction ship
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Boxer |
| Ordered | 6 March 1941 |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff |
| Yard number | 1155[1] |
| Launched | 12 December 1942 |
| Completed | 1 May 1943[1] |
| Commissioned | 10 April 1943 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F121 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1958 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Landing Ship, Tank Mark I |
| Displacement | 3,620 |
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| Capacity | 13 Churchill infantry tanks, 27 vehicles, 193 men |
| Complement | 169 |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Service record | |
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HMS Boxer was built as a Landing Ship, Tank (LST(1)) at Harland and Wolff. Launched in December 1942 and commissioned the following April, she saw service as part of the Allied invasion of Italy.
- ^ a b McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 151. ISBN 9780752488615.