<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I-HMS Erebus ekuqaleni yayakhiwe njengenqanawa yomlilo yaseRoyal Navy, kodwa yasebenza njengesikebhe futhi yabuye yahlolwa kanjalo ngoMashi 1808. Wakhonza eBaltic phakathi  <response>: I-Gunboat kanye ne-Anglo-Russian Wars, lapho ngo-1809 yashintshwa khona okwesikhashana yaba ngumlilo, futhi yabe isebenza eMpini ka-1812. Ngo-1814 yaguqulwa yaba isikebhe esithwala ama-rocket ukuze isebenzise ama-Congreve rockets. Ngesikhathi esebenza eMelika, u- Erebus wabamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kwe-Alexandria, eVirginia, futhi wakhipha amarokhethi ahlasela iFort McHenry eBaltimore ngo-13 Septhemba 1814. Ngo-March 1815, ngasogwini lwaseGeorgia, yakhipha isibhamu sokugcina sempi. Wabekwa ngo-1816 futhi wathengiswa ukuze aqothulwe ngo-1819. 