HMS Erebus

HMS Erebus was originally built as a Royal Navy fireship, but served as a sloop and was re-rated as such in March 1808. She served in the Baltic during the Gunboat and Anglo-Russian Wars, where in 1809 she was briefly converted to a fireship, and then served in the War of 1812. In 1814 she was converted to a rocket vessel to fire Congreve rockets. While serving off America, Erebus participated in the sack of Alexandria, Virginia, and launched the rockets that bombarded Fort McHenry in Baltimore on 13 September 1814. In March 1815, off Georgia, she fired the second-to-the-last-shot of the war. She was laid up in 1816 and sold for breaking up in 1819.

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Thais-class fireship, fire ship, sloop-of-war, Royal Navy, 

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1807 — 1819 HMS Erebus

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1812-06-18T00:00:00Z

War of 1812

1806-01-01T00:00:00Z

1806-01-01T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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1807-08-20T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Three Decks page@		Wikidata
link	page		Drachinifel page@		Wikidata