A glance at the map gives some idea of the strategic maritime importance of SOUTHAMPTON , which stands on a triangular peninsula formed at the place where the rivers Itchen and Test flow into Southampton Water, an eight-mile inlet from the Solent. Sure enough, Southampton has figured in numerous stirring events: it witnessed the exodus of Henry V's Agincourt-bound army, the Pilgrim Fathers' departure in the Mayflower in 1620 and the maiden voyages of such ships as the Queen Mary and the Titanic . Unfortunately, since its pummelling by the Luftwaffe and some disastrous postwar planning, the … more »
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