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Spithead

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Great Britain and the English Channel, showing the location of Spithead

Spithead is an area of the Solent off Gilkicker Point in Hampshire, England.

The "Spithead Review of the Royal Navy" is famous, where the Monarch of the United Kingdom reviews a large fleet of warships.

In 1797 there was a mutiny in the Royal Navy fleet at anchor at Spithead.

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