50°45′05″N 1°08′12″W / 50.75140°N 1.13667°W / 50.75140; -1.13667 Spithead is an area of the Solent and a roadstead off Gilkicker Point in Hampshire...

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...

Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden Coronation Spithead Review (1953). Royal Navy. 1953. Thomas, Ray (January 2021). "Coronation Spithead...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

rendezvous never occurred; the continental allies failed to capitalise on the Spithead and Nore mutinies that paralysed the British Channel forces and North Sea...

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...

Vincent in 1780. Royal George sank on 29 August 1782 whilst anchored at Spithead off Portsmouth. The ship was intentionally rolled so maintenance could...

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

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...

Retired list 2002 November 2000 Alan William John West, Baron West of Spithead, GCB, DSC 1948 First Sea Lord 2002–2006 September 2001 Sir Ian David Graham...

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...

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...

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...

graduating at their 'passing out' ceremony from Warsash Maritime Academy in Southampton, with former First Sea Lord Alan West, Baron West of Spithead, in 2011....

serve the state". He returned to England, aboard HMS Seahorse, arriving at Spithead on 1 September. He was met with a hero's welcome; the British public had...

the large Irish contingent among the sailors, of United Irishmen in the Spithead and Nore mutinies of April and May 1797. The United Irish were reportedly...

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...

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

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...

cleaned or repaired with minimal delay. Famously, HMS Royal George sank at Spithead off Portsmouth while undergoing a Parliamentary heel in 1782, killing hundreds...

off Spithead for the 1937 Fleet Review Admiral Graf Spee at Spithead in 1937; HMS Hood and Resolution lie in the background Ashigara at the Spithead Naval...

her pom-pom mounts. She was present at the Coronation Fleet Review at Spithead on 20 May 1937 for King George VI. The ship became a training carrier in...

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...