%20-%20Spithead%2C%20Two%20Captured%20Danish%20Ships%20Entering%20Portsmouth%20Harbour%20-%20N00481%20-%20National%20Gallery.jpg)
Spithead
Sign in to saveSpithead 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 those from the southeast, with the Isle of Wight lying to the south-west. Spithead and the channel to the north is the main approach for shipping to Portsmouth Harbour and onwards to Southampton. Spithead itself is an important naval anchorage. Historically, Spithead was used for assembling Royal Navy ships, including as a formation area for squadrons or fleets at anchor, as well as for the resupply of ships.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- strait
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Image
- Wight.png
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Spithead
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Friedrich Gnaß
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Español
Spithead es una parte del Solent, el brazo de mar que separa la isla de Wight del resto de Inglaterra, en el condado de Hampshire, cerca de Portsmouth (Reino Unido). Protegida de los vientos, esta parte del Solent forma una rada de 22,5 km de largo por unos 6,5 km de ancho, que se utiliza a menudo para el anclaje de buques de la Marina Real británica. En sus aguas se hundió en 1782 el HMS Royal George, con más de 800 víctimas, y en 1797, entre los meses de marzo y mayo, tuvieron lugar los motines de Nore y Spithead.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
Gallery (6)
On the map
3 mapped locations