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...

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...

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...

Bermuda —where the family spent winters and in 1926 purchased a house, Spithead (originally the home of privateer Hezekiah Frith)— and various places on...

Officer Spithead was a senior Royal Navy appointment first established in July 1971. The office holder was responsible for the command of Spithead and wider...

sometimes referred to in official dispatches as the Commander-in-Chief, Spithead. The Command extended along the south coast from Newhaven in East Sussex...

the Puissant at Spithead, and the Braakel in the harbour, on board which ships they were executed, boats from all the ships at Spithead, manned and armed...

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...

Reach for the Sky and Carry On Cabby. TV appearances included Mutiny at Spithead, The New Canadians and more than 300 appearances in Dixon of Dock Green...

Superintendent, Portsmouth but in July 1971 was again renamed Flag Officer Spithead and Port Admiral Portsmouth after a couple of months. These joint titles...

never occurred, as the French and their allies failed to capitalise on the Spithead and Nore mutinies that paralysed the British Channel and North Sea fleets...

network of spies and informers. In April 1797, the mutiny of the entire Spithead fleet shook the government (sailors demanded a pay increase to match inflation)...

of 1696, according to Massie.[citation needed] At some time he visited Spithead, Plymouth, with captain John Perry to watch a mock battle. In February...

Vincent in 1780. Royal George sank on 29 August 1782 whilst anchored at Spithead off Portsmouth. The ship was intentionally rolled (a 'parliamentary heel')...

However, the British fleet was weakened over the rest of the year by the Spithead and Nore mutinies, which kept many ships in port through the summer. On...

as occurred in 1781 when the first-rate Royal George sank at anchor at Spithead after the lower gunports were opened to air the ship. Early first-rates...

July, Victoria and the royal family attended a Jubilee Fleet Review at Spithead offshore from Portsmouth. Present were more than one hundred Royal Navy...

on earth could he have done better?" His remains were brought back to Spithead on board the British troopship HMS Orontes, and thence transferred onto...

torpedoes amidships.[citation needed] The boat appeared at the Naval Review at Spithead of August 1878. The Queen recorded in her Journal that she was impressed...

example of Warsash Maritime Deck Cadets at their officer 'passing out' ceremony in Southampton, with Former First Sea Lord Admiral Baron West of Spithead....

enlisted Royal Navy personnel. On 23 December 1787, Bounty sailed from Spithead for Tahiti. For a full month, the crew attempted to take the ship west...

Hunter 200 Portsmouth 20 January 1788 252 HMAT Supply Armed tender Henry Lidgbird Ball 55 + 2 (convicts transferred on route) Spithead 18 January 1788 250...

Tom Norton 10 episodes 1957 Wire Service Naval Officer Episode: "Atom at Spithead" 1958 Victory Performer TV movie 1959 Dixon of Dock Green Smiler Hodges...

Medway dating from 1855, Plymouth Breakwater Fort, completed 1865, the four Spithead Forts: Horse Sand Fort, No Mans Land and St Helens Forts which were built...

Documentary Film. On 15 June 1953, the Queen attended a fleet review at Spithead, off the coast at Portsmouth. Commanded by Admiral Sir George Creasy were...

that region. In 1953, St. Kitts took part in the large Fleet Review at Spithead to celebration the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. St. Kitts was positioned...

Former MEP for Surrey (1979–1984) and Surrey West (1984–1989) Lord West of Spithead 9 July 2007 Labour Life peer Former admiral Lord Wharton of Yarm 2 September...