Kammala wannan jumla: HMS "Erebus" an gina shi ne a matsayin jirgin ruwa na Royal Navy, amma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai tsalle-tsalle kuma an sake shi a matsayin haka a watan Maris na 1808. Ta yi aiki a cikin Baltic a lokacin
Gunboat da Anglo-Russian Wars, inda a cikin 1809 an sauya shi a takaice zuwa fireship, sa'an nan kuma ya yi aiki a cikin War of 1812. A shekara ta 1814 an canza shi zuwa jirgi na roka don harba rokoki na Congreve. Yayin da yake aiki a Amurka, "Erebus" ya shiga cikin jakar Alexandria, Virginia, kuma ya kaddamar da rokoki da suka harbe Fort McHenry a Baltimore a ranar 13 ga Satumba, 1814. A watan Maris na 1815, daga Georgia, ta harbe ta na biyu-zuwa-karshe-harbi na yaki. An kwantar da shi a 1816 kuma an sayar da shi don rushewa a 1819.