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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Boxer'' (1894)|comm=Jun, 1895{{Conways1860|p. 91}} |fatedate=8 Feb, 1918{{KindellROH2|p. 461}} |order=1893-94{{Conways1860|p. 91}} |name=Boxer |launch=28 Nov, 1894{{DittColl|p. 56}} |builder=[[Thornycroft]]{{Conways1860|p. 91}} |laid=Mar, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 91}} |fate=Collision |pend=H.4C (1914-Apr 1917)<br>D.16 (1918){{DittColl|p. 56}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Boxer''''' was one of forty-two destroyers of the [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|"A" class]] &mdash; a "27 knotter". ==Service== In reserve at Malta in December 1903.{{NLJan04|p. 287}} In mid-1913, she was based in Portsmouth.{{NLJul13|p. 287}} A single Boy Telegraphist, Herbert Bennett was killed when she was lost.{{KindellROH2|p. 461}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Boxer''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Boxer|f=p}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper|nick=Reginald G. O. Tupper|appt=12 December, 1895<ref>Tupper Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1336.</ref>|end=18 August, 1896<ref>Tupper Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1336.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Stanley Lambert|nick=William S. Lambert|appt=18 August, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 207}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter H. Cowan|appt=20 January, 1898<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 24 January, 1898. Issue '''35421''', col A, p. 11.</ref>|end=27 June, 1898<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 157.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=William George Ainslie Kennedy|nick=William G. A. Kennedy|appt=June, 1905{{NLJan07|p. 286}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Vaughan Alexander Edward Hanning-Lee|nick=Vaughan A. E. Hanning-Lee|appt=10 July, 1907<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 9 July, 1907. Issue '''38380''', col D, p. 12.</ref><ref>Hanning-Lee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/507.|D7576643}} f. 510.</ref>|end=12 January, 1910<ref>Hanning-Lee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/507.|D7576643}} f. 510.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Gordon Alston Coles|nick=Gordon A. Coles|appt=12 January, 1910{{NLApr10|p. 286}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=George Edward Casley|nick=George E. Casley|appt=18 March, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 287}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=William Beazley Fuller|nick=William B. Fuller|appt=11 November, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 285}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} R.N.R. in Command|name=Robert Geoffrey Cross|nick=Robert G. Cross|appt=13 April, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 392''m''}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} R.N.R.|name=Cyril Stephens Durrad|nick=Cyril S. Durrad|appt=3 August, 1916{{NLOct15|p. 392''o''}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} R.N.R. in Command|name=Joseph Kenneth Chaplin|nick=Joseph K. Chaplin|appt=22 September, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 391''w''}}}} {{TenureListEnd}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Boxer_(1894)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer "A" Class Destroyer (1894)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Boxer}} {{CatShipDestroyer|UK}} {{CatShipLostAccident|UK}}

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