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Spithead - LoveToKnow 1911 (206 words) |
 | SPITHEAD, a strait of the English Channel, between the mainland (the coast of Hampshire, England) and the northeastern coast of the Isle of Wight, forming the eastern entrance to Southampton Water, the Solent being the western. |
| Spithead, which as an anchorage is exposed only to the south-east, shares in the fortifications of Portsmouth Harbour, the principal station of the British navy. |
| In this connexion the strait has been the scene of many splendid naval pageants, such as those attendant upon the jubilee in 18 9 7, and the funeral in 1901 of Queen Victoria, and that which celebrated the coronation of King Edward VII. |
| BHC3694 : The 'Victory' Sailing from Spithead (396 words) |
| It is not clear what event is being commemorated, but in the background the ships at anchor are arranged in lines, while in the foreground, the ships under sail appear to be part of a procession. |
| This may be an interpretation of the Royal Review of the Grand Fleet at Spithead on 1 July 1791, when the 'Times' records that 'the Duke of Gloucester preceded by Lord Hood in his barge went out to Spithead'. |
| Spithead is the sheet of water between the north-eastern shore of the Isle of Wight and the English mainland. |
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