Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boxer, named after the competitor in a boxing match. was an launched in 1797 and sold in 1809. was a launched in 1812 that the United States Navy captured in 1813 during the War of 1812. There was a Boxer that on 8 April 1814 participated in boat service that resulted in the destruction of 27 vessels and a quantity of stores up the Connecticut River and for which the Royal Navy issued a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal. However, this was a typo, as the vessel present was the . was a paddle steamer formerly called Ivanhoe bought by the Royal Navy in 1837 and sold in 1841. was to have been a . Construction was started in 1846 but she was cancelled before being completed. was a which was launched in 1855 and broken up at Malta in 1865. was a launched in 1868 and sold for scrap in 1887. was an launched in 1894 and sunk in a collision with SS St Patrick on 8 February 1918. was an LST that served during the Allied invasion of Italy in World War II. The vessel was later used as a fighter direction ship and after the war, a radar training vessel. was a Type 22 frigate, launched in 1981, paid off in 1999 and sunk as a target in August 2004.
Battle honours Ships named Boxer have earned the following battle honours: Crimea, 1855 Sicily, 1943 Salerno, 1944 Anzio, 1944
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