Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I hangaia te HMS "Erebus" hei kaipuke ahi Royal Navy, engari i mahi hei kaipuke tere, a i whakahoutia ano i te Poutu-te-rangi 1808. I mahi ia i te Moana-a-Kiwa i te wā o te Gunboat
I te tau 1809 ka hurihia ia hei kaipuke ahi, ka mahi i te Pakanga o 1812. I te tau 1814 i hurihia ia hei kaipuke rocket hei pupuhi i nga rocket Congreve. I a ia e mahi ana i Amerika, i uru a "Erebus" ki te peke o Alexandria, Virginia, ka tukuna nga toka i pupuhi i Fort McHenry i Baltimore i te 13 o Mahuru 1814. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1815, i te taha o Georgia, i pupuhi ia i te pupuhi tuarua-ki-mutunga o te pakanga. I whakatakotoria ia i te tau 1816 a i hokona mo te pakaru i te tau 1819.