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
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