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Arriving aboard one of H.M. ships at Spithead 1831. #285609143
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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. Spithead has been strongly defended since 1864 by four Solent Forts, which complement the Fortifications of Portsmouth.
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