- 50°45′05″N 1°08′12″W / 50.75140°N 1.13667°W / 50.75140; -1.13667
Spithead is an
eastern area of the
Solent and a
roadstead for
vessels off Gilkicker...
- 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...
-
Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and
Polden Coronation Spithead Review (1953).
Royal Navy. 1953. Thomas, Ray (January 2021). "Coronation
Spithead...
- 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...
-
sometimes referred to in
official dispatches as the Commander-in-Chief,
Spithead. The
Command extended along the
south coast from
Newhaven in East Sus****...
-
Bermuda —where the
family spent winters and in 1926
purchased a house,
Spithead (originally the home of
privateer Hezekiah Frith)— and
various places on...
- the
world at that time,
Turbinia was
demonstrated dramatically at the
Spithead Navy
Review in 1897 and set the
standard for the next
generation of steamships...
-
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...
-
Vincent in 1780.
Royal George sank on 29
August 1782
whilst anc****d at
Spithead off Portsmouth. The ship was
intentionally rolled (a 'parliamentary heel')...
