The ship had a short service history with the British Royal Navy before the 16-gun USS Enterprise captured her near Portland, Maine, in September 1813.

The Bold class were a revival of Sir William Rule's Confounder-class gun-brig design of 1804.

He brought the women aboard and politely suggested that in the future they sail closer to the shore; he then released them.

[6] Blyth was buried in Portland with full military honours at the same time and next to Burrows, who had also died in the action.

Subsequent shorter cruises under McLellan, Hall, or William Merrill took her along the coast, or to the West Indies.

Merrill reported that in 1825 he passed Boxer leaving Praia at dusk as he entered the harbour on his vessel John.

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