HMS 'Bellerophon' (1824) off the coast of Syria, 2 December 1840 RMG PW8037

HMS 'Bellerophon' (1824) off the coast of Syria, 2 December 1840
Inscribed: "H.M.S. BELLEROPHON Off the Coast of Syria in the Gale of 2nd Decemr 1840". At the end of November 1840, after the Syrian operations had been concluded, a severe gale occurred in the area, during which, on 2 December, one of the ships of the Royal Navy that had taken part (the 'Zebra', 16 guns) was wrecked off Mount Carmel.

H.M.S. Bellopheron Off the Coast of Syria in the Gale of 2nd Decembr 1840