Commander George Rose Sartorius commissioned her in August 1812. R. Coote may have commanded her before Commander Samuel Blyth took command in September. On 17 April 1813, she sailed for Halifax and service in the squadron of Sir John Borlase Warren.
In Halifax, Blyth added two extra carronades to her armament.
While coming down from New Brunswick and off the coast of Lubec, Maine, Blyth sighted and captured a small sailing craft crewed by a group of women out for a sail. He brought the women aboard and politely suggested that in the future they should sail closer to shore and then released them.
One of the women was married to a local militia commander who, impressed with Blyth's courtesy, placed advertisements in local newspapers praising his chivalry.
Over the next two months (6 July to 31 August), the Boxer captured seven American ships.
--Brock-Perry
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