The Battle of the Solent was a naval encounter between English and French forces on July 19β20, 1545. It occurred in the Solent, a strait of the English Channel off the south-central coast of England. The battle deterred a French invasion of England, though it is today remembered primarily for the sinking of the English warship Mary Rose.
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