Southampton is situated at the beginning of the Solent mouth, in the south of England.

The Mauretania, 19/10/32, © Hulton Getty JB6979

Southampton was the main port for maritime links toward USA, notably for the Titanic.

The Queen Mary in Southampton, 03/37 © Hulton Getty HV1181

© A Pictorial History of Southampton Docks, Bert Moodie

The Pamir unloaded australian wheat there in June 1939, bound from Port Victoria, after a stop in Falmouth. She then lied up in Gothenburg (Sweden).

The Queen Mary in drydock 29/06/38	Southampton Docks, 06/1930 © Hulton Getty JB9860	The Queen Mary, 1935 © Hulton Getty HK2456
Docks, 1935, © Hulton Getty HQ0134	A liner, 20/06/28 © Hulton Getty HJ6163	The Queen Mary, 27/03/36 © Hulton Getty HC6738
Train Southern Railway & Queen Mary war colours, quay 44, April 1946 (1)	The Titanic memorial c. 1913	Train Southern Railway in front of the Queen Elizabeth, May 1964 (1)
The Titanic, 1912 © Hulton Getty JF2789	The Titanic memorial c. 1913	The Titanic, 1912 © Hulton Getty HK4695
Gate	The Solent	The Port