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| Name | Boxer (1868) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 15 January 1868 | ||
| Hull | Composite | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | |||
| Displacement | 605 tons | ||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1887 | ||
| Class | Beacon | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/60 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 18 February 1873 - 8 October 1875 | Commanded by Commander William Collins, Pacific | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Fr 8 January 1875 | The undermentioned vessels are under orders to return home from their respective stations to be paid off and put out of commission:— Avon, 4, double screw composite gun-vessel, Commander A.T. Powlett, from China; Boxer, 4, double screw composite gunvessel, Lieut. Commanding William Collins, from the Pacific; Cameleon, 7, steam sloop, Commander A.J. Kennedy, from the same station; Elk, 4, double screw composite gunvessel, Commander Robert H. Harris, from China; Fawn, 5, screw sloop, Commander J.A. Wetherall, from the Pacific; Iron Duke, 14, double scrow iron armour-plated ship, the flagship of Rear Admiral Sir C.F.A. Shadwell, K.C.B., Capt. William Arthur, from China; Reindeer, 7, steam sloop, Commander C.V. Anson, and the Scout, 17, screw corvotte, Capt. R.P. Cator, both from the Pacific. | ||
| Sa 3 April 1875 | During the first three months of the year the following ships have been placed in commission:—The Hercules, Capt. Codrington; the Nymphe, Capt. Suttie; the Undaunted, Capt. Campbell; and the Warrior, Capt. White. The Caledonia, the Egmont, the Fawn, and the Princess Charlotte have been paid off. The following are ordered home:— The Avon, the Boxer, the Cameleon, the Elk, the Iron Duke, the Reindeer, the Rosario, the Scout, the Shearwater, and the Volage. | ||
| Fr 9 April 1875 | The following vessels are under orders to return home from their respective stations, to be paid out of commission:- The Avon, 4, double screw composita gun-vessel, Commander A.T. Powlett, from China. This vessel was re-commissioned on that station on the 18th of July, 1871, when a fresh crew was sent out from England. The Blanche, 6, steamship, Capt. C.H. Simpson, from Australia. This vessel has also served two commissions, having been re-commissioned on the Australian station on the 12th of October, 1871, by a fresh crew sent out for that purpose from England. The Boxer, 4, double screw composite gun vessel, Lieut-Commanding William Collins, from the Pacific. This vessel has, like the two previous ones, served two commissions, having been re-commissioned on the 6th of October, 1872. The Cameleon, 7, steamship, Commander A.J. Kennedy, from the Pacific. The Dido, 8, steamship, Capt. W.C. Chapman, from Australia, The Elk, 4, double-screw composite gun-vessel, Commander Robert H. Harris, from China. The Iron Duke, 14, double-screw iron armour-plated ship, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir C.F.A. Shadwell, K.C.B., Capt. William Arthur, from China. The Reindeer, 7, steam sloop, Commander C.V. Anson, from the Pacific. The Rosario, 3, steam sloop, Commander A.E. Dupuis, from Australia. The Scout, 17, corvette, Capt. R.P. Cator, from the Pacific. The Shearwater, 4, surveying vessel, Commander W.J.L. Wharton, from the East Coast of Africa. The Spartan, 8, steam sloop, Capt. Richard Carter, from North America and West Indies. The Swiftsure, 14, iron armour-plated ship, Capt. J.K.E. Baird, temporary flagship of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir. J.R. Drummond, K.C.B., from the Mediterranean. The Volage, 18, iron steam corvette, cased with wood, Capt. Henry Fairfax, employed on special service. | ||
| Ma 20 January 1879 | The Army and Navy Gazette states that reliefs for the following unarmourcd ships will be required during this year, namely — the Rover, commissioned December, 1875; Opal, commissioned January, 1876; Rifleman, commissioned April, 1876; Avon, Plover, Spartan, commissioned June, 1876; Wolverine, commissioned August, 1876; Danae, commissioned September, 1876; Boxer and Vulture, commissioned December, 1876. The Frolic and Kestrel, on the China station, which will have completed a three years' commission, may either be recommlssioned on the station or be relieved by the river gunboats. The Admiralty will also have to provide a relief for the Bellerophon, ironclad, and flagship on the North American station. Little difficulty will be experienced in these reliefs, as the reserves are full of ships. | ||
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