Hyder Ally sailed out of Portland, Maine under the command of Captain Israel Thorndike, who received a letter of marque on 18 January 1814.

One source states that after HMS Boxer's capture in September 1813, her guns went to arm Hyder Ally.

[2] Hyder Ally captured three British merchant vessels, all of which she sent to the United States manned by prize crews.

[a] On 27 April Hyder Ali captured Betsey, Bennett, master, a "country ship" that was, by one account, on her way from Sumatra to London.

[4] On her way to the United States, Mary had to put into the Cape of Good Hope in July because she was in distress and leaky; there the British took possession of her.