Solent

That brought the ship to the Solent, an offshoot of the English Channel that separates Great Britain from the Isle of Wight.
X-rays are revealing new clues about a shipwreck from 1545|Rahul Rao|October 27, 2021|Popular-Science
The fourth regatta of the season took place away from the port, and off the new watering-place, Lee-on-Solent.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
Then we cut across the Solent towards Southsea, watching the weird evolutions of a 35-knot torpedo-boat.
The Relief of Mafeking|Filson Young
It darted about, annihilating the small distances of the Solent and making a strange, buzzing noise like some foul fly.
The Relief of Mafeking|Filson Young

I daresay you have heard that he was in command of the Channel Fleet at the time of the terrible disaster in the Solent.
Mysterious Mr. Sabin|E. Phillips Oppenheim
You may perhaps have heard that my father has been in very poor health ever since the great Solent disaster.
Mysterious Mr. Sabin|E. Phillips Oppenheim

British Dictionary definitions for Solent

Solent

/ (ˈsəʊlənt) /

noun

the Solent a strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire, on the English mainland, and the Isle of Wight. Width: up to 6 km (4 miles)

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