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Spithead is an area of the Solent and a roadstead off Gilkicker Point in Hampshire , England . It is protected from all winds, except those from the southeast. It receives its name from the Spit, a sandbank stretching south from the Hampshire shore for 3 miles; and it is 14 miles long by about 4 miles in average breadth. The " Spithead Review Of The Royal Navy " is famous, where the Monarch of the United Kingdom reviews a large fleet of Warship s. In 1797 there was a Mutiny in the Royal Navy fleet at anchor at Spithead. Spithead has been strongly defended since 1864 by fortifications completing those of Portsmouth. |
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