Spithead

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Spithead is a sheltered roadstead off the coast of Hampshire, England, historically used as an important anchorage and naval review area for the British Royal Navy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Spithead canonical 5
Spithead Review 1
Spithead, England 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anchorage
naval mutiny
naval review
naval review anchorage
roadstead
country United Kingdom
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates
hasEvent Spithead mutiny
surface form: Spithead Mutiny

Spithead self-linksurface differs
surface form: Spithead Review
hasFeature relatively shallow waters
sheltered from open sea
hasHistoricalUse assembly point for British fleets
staging area for naval operations
hasMilitaryRole anchorage for warships
rendezvous point for fleets
hasNameOrigin named after the Spit sandbank
hasNavigationHazard sandbanks
strong tidal currents
hasNearbyPort Portsmouth Harbour
Southampton
knownFor Royal Navy fleet reviews
sheltered anchorage
locatedIn Hampshire
locatedInBodyOfWater Solent
locatedNear Isle of Wight
Portsmouth
locatedOffCoastOf Hampshire
location Spithead self-linksurface differs
participant Royal Navy
partOf English Channel
approaches to Portsmouth Harbour
separates Portsmouth from the Isle of Wight
startTime 1797
strategicImportance control of access to Solent
defence of Portsmouth
usedAs anchorage
naval review area
usedBy British merchant shipping
Royal Navy
usedFor demonstration of naval power
review of British fleets by monarch
usedSince Age of Sail

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HMS Challenger returnPort Spithead
The Mary Rose (shipwreck) sankNear Spithead
subject surface form: Mary Rose
Spithead location Spithead self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Spithead Mutiny
Spithead hasEvent Spithead self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Spithead Review
HMS Bounty voyageDeparturePort Spithead
this entity surface form: Spithead, England