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Spithead is an
eastern area of the
Solent and a
roadstead for
vessels off
Gilkicker Point in Hampshire, England. It is
protected from all
winds except...
- The
Spithead and Nore
mutinies were two
major mutinies by
sailors of the
Royal Navy in 1797. They were the
first in an
increasing series of
outbreaks of...
- The
naval Battle of the
Solent took
place on 18 and 19 July 1545
during the
Italian Wars,
between the
fleets of
Francis I of
France and
Henry VIII of England...
- Alan
William John West,
Baron West of
Spithead, GCB, DSC, PC (born 21
April 1948) is a
retired admiral of the
Royal Navy and formerly, from June 2007 to...
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Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and
Polden Coronation Spithead Review (1953).
Royal Navy. 1953. Thomas, Ray (January 2021). "Coronation
Spithead...
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Danish ships of the line
being brought into
harbour by the
Royal Navy at
Spithead the
major naval base off Portsmouth, Hampshire. The
ships had been seized...
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sometimes referred to in
official dispatches as the Commander-in-Chief,
Spithead. The
Command extended along the
south coast from
Newhaven in East Sus****...
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Bermuda —where the
family spent winters and in 1926
purchased a house,
Spithead (originally the home of
privateer Hezekiah Frith)— and
various places on...
- Majesty's
Ships in the
Channel was a
senior commander of the
Royal Navy. The
Spithead Station was a name
given to the units, establishments, and
staff operating...
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after the war, and is a well-known
landmark for
sailors as it lies off
Spithead and
marks the deep-water
eastern entry into the Solent.
During the First...
