On 16 July 1814 the famed American privateer General Armstrong captured her, but HMS Niemen recaptured her.

Sir Alexander Ball first appeared in the supplement to Lloyd's Register for 1812, which gave her master as J. Skinner, her owner as G. Sawtell, and her trade as Bristol — Malta.

[7] At the time of her recapture Sir Alexander Ball carried six guns and a crew of 35 men.

Lloyd's List reported that on 27 September 1815 Sir Alexander Ball, "Rogers", master, had been "all well" eight days out of Britain while on her was to New Orleans.

[13] The next readily available Lloyd's Register (1819) gave her master as W. Brooke, her owner as Wyllie & Co., and her trade as London—Saint Thomas.