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* The first ''Boxer'' was a 14-gun [[brig]] 2-mast sailing ship constructed and commission in [[1815]], [[Middletown, Connecticut]]. The ship was built by C. and D. Churchill and commanded by Lt. John Porter.<ref name = "DANFS1"/>
* The first ''Boxer'' was a 14-gun [[brig]] 2-mast sailing ship constructed and commission in [[1815]], [[Middletown, Connecticut]]. The ship was built by C. and D. Churchill and commanded by Lt. John Porter.<ref name = "DANFS1"/>


* The second ''Boxer'' was a 10-gun [[schooner]] commissioned in [[1832]].
* The second ''Boxer'' was a 10-gun [[schooner]] built [[November 22|22 November]], [[1831]] and commissioned in [[1832]]. It was built by the Boston Navy Yard and commanded by Lt. Benjamin Payne in command.<ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b8/boxer-ii.htm DANFS USS Boxer no. 2]</ref>


* The third ''Boxer'' was the [[blockade runner]] ''Tristram Shandy'', captured during the [[American Civil War]] and renamed [[12 June]] [[1865]].
* The third ''Boxer'' was the [[blockade runner]] ''Tristram Shandy'', captured during the [[American Civil War]] and renamed [[12 June]] [[1865]].

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The USS Boxer is the name of ships in the United States Navy. Six ships[1] have born the name Boxer.

The name Boxer originate from His Majesty’s Brig Boxer (Captain Samuel Blyth). The Boxer was encountered and captured by the U.S. 12-gun brig Enterprise commanded Lieutenant William Burrows, off of Portland, Maine, on 5 September 1813. It was never converted nor used by the US Navy, instead it was sold as a merchant ship. [2]

United States Navy

Ths six ships are:

  • The first Boxer was a 14-gun brig 2-mast sailing ship constructed and commission in 1815, Middletown, Connecticut. The ship was built by C. and D. Churchill and commanded by Lt. John Porter.[2]
  • The second Boxer was a 10-gun schooner built 22 November, 1831 and commissioned in 1832. It was built by the Boston Navy Yard and commanded by Lt. Benjamin Payne in command.[3]

British Royal Navy

Nine ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boxer.

See HMS Boxer.

The notable HMS Boxer was captured by the Enterprise in the War of 1812 but not taken into the Navy.


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