<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - i-HMS Erebus ekuqaleni yayakhiwe njengesikebhe esivuthayo seRoyal Navy, kodwa yasebenza njengesikebhe futhi yabuye yabalwa kanjalo ngoMashi 1808. Yakhonza eBaltic ngesikhathi seGunboat  <response>: kanye nezimpi zase-Anglo-Russian, lapho ngo-1809 washintshelwa isikhashana ukuba abe ngumlilo, wabe esekhonza 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. 