 In November 1813 "Fantome" came under the command of Commander Thomas Sykes.On 21 January 1814 Lieutenant Henry Kent of "Fantome" volunteered to serve on the Great Lakes and joined 210 volunteer seamen from "Fantome", and .Seventy men left Halifax in "Fantome" on 22 January for Saint John, New Brunswick, then travelled with sleighs to Fredericton, a distance of 80 miles.