American Privateer Hyder Ali

I couple posts ago, I wrote that the HMS Boxer's cannons were placed on the privateer Hyder Ali which went on what appears to be just one cruise with a little bit of success, not much, before it was captured by a British frigate HMS Owen  Glendour.

From Three Decks.org.

HYDER ALI

I also thought this was kind of a strange name for an American ship.  Sounded more Middle Eastern.

12 guns of American registry.  Captured May 1814.

Fifty-man crew under command of  Captain (privateer) R. Thorndike.

Taken by Owen Glendower.

367 tons, twelve 18-odr. carronades, two long 18-pdrs., some from the captured HMS Boxer.

There is a report saying that when captured, the Hyder Ali had 30 men after a ten-hour chase near the Nicobar Islands.  Before the capture, the Hyder Ali had been chased for 3 days by HMS  Salsette, but got away.

The Nicobar Islands are over by Southeast Asia by the Indian Ocean.

--Brock-Perry

HMS Boxer-- Part 4: Prize Money and the Privateer Hyder Ali

The HMS Boxer was sold at auction in Portland, Maine, to Thomas Merrill, Jr. for $5,600.  Her guns and ballast were sold at the same time, the whole proceeds amounting to $9,755.  Lt. Burrow's heirs received $1,115 and each seaman's share at $55.

Some of her spare spars and rigging were used on the Mercator.  The Boxer's guns went to arm the Maine privateer Hyder Ali.  But this ship didn't have a lot of luck either.  After capturing two prizes that the British retook before they reached the safety of Maine, the privateer was captured herself in May 1814 near the Nicobar Islands by the frigate HMS Owen Glendower.

But, what of the Boxer herself?

You Know Those New Englanders and Their Privateers.  --Brock-Perry