Spithead
Americannoun
noun
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Lord West of Spithead, who served as First Sea Lord, has also raised concerns about the Cobham-Ultra deal and a similar one involving British defence supplier Meggitt.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2021
It's a question that troubles the former First Sea Lord, Lord West of Spithead, who has spent months trying to find out if the UK has a back-up plan.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2021
Admiral Lord West of Spithead, the security minister, stayed in office throughout Mr Brown's time in Downing Street.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2011
At the Spithead naval review of 1897, a trim ship some 100 feet long with Turbinia on her taffrail was observed by irate officials to be cutting deliberately across the bows of the royal yacht.
From Time Magazine Archive
It begins with incidents afloat during the Crimean War, when their grandfathers were boys themselves, and brings the story down to a year ago, with the startling adventure at Spithead of Submarine 84.
From The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas by Strang, Mrs. Herbert
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