Description of a storm in the Bay of Scanderoon, circa 1820.

Small sheet with a written description of a storm experienced in the Bay of Scanderoon (now Gulf of Iskenderun) in the Mediterranean. The darkness was followed by a vivid sunset and rainbow, as shown in a sketch on the reverse. The author and date are unknown, but this item may have been among the papers of Admiral Sir Frederick Thomas Michell (1788-1873).

Record Details

Item reference: HSR/U/30; REG11/000343.2
Catalogue Section: Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 sheet
Date made: circa 1820
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London