Dates: 1942 - 1958

HMS Boxer was built as a Landing Ship, Tank (LST) at Harland and Wolff. Launched in December 1942 and commissioned the following April, she saw service as part of the Allied invasion of Italy.

In 1944, she was refitted as a "Fighter Direction ship", for use during the Normandy landings, then as a "Action Information Organisation" tender (a radar training ship) in 1946. She was placed in reserve in 1956, and scrapped at Barrow-in-Furness in 1958.

HMS Boxer carried the writer/comedian Spike Milligan from North Africa to Italy when he served with the 56th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery.

Memories of HMS Boxer

HMS Boxer, in 1995
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"Taff ’pies’ Jones doing the ’dance’ in the mess square during a families day - that image and the sheer shock on the faces of our ’guests’ will never leave me (unfortunately). "

Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Boxer

"You are quite correct, I served on Bellerophon 1955/6. The two ships housing maintenance crews for the Reserve Fleet were HMS Boxer & HMS Liverpool. The Royal Yacht was moored alongside us and getting back aboard via Whale Island was always interesting."

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