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1Rough Collie — Sable and white Rough Collie Other names Collie, Scottish Collie, Long Haired Collie, English collie Country of origin United Kingdom (Scotland) Traits Weigh …
2Short Sunderland — infobox Aircraft name = Sunderland type = Military flying boat manufacturer = Short Brothers caption = designer = first flight = 16 October 1937 introduced = 1938 retired = 1967 status = primary user = Royal Air Force more users = French Navy… …
3swimming — swimmingness, n. /swim ing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that swims. 2. the skill or technique of a person who swims. 3. the sport of swimming. adj. 4. pertaining to, characterized by, or capable of swimming. 5. used in or for swimming:… …
4The Boat Race — Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race. Cambridge at the left. The event generally known as The Boat Race is a rowing race in England between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club, rowed between… …
5Rowing (sport) — All eight types of racing boats, six of which are part of the Olympic Games Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are… …
6Triathlon — This article is about a type of three sport athletic competition. For other uses, see Triathlon (disambiguation). The three typical components of triathlon: swimming, cycling, and running A triathlon is a multi sport event involving the… …
7Bluebird K7 — was a hydroplane with which Donald Campbell set 7 water speed records. Campbell lost his life in K7 on January 4 1967 whilst undertaking a record attempt on Coniston Water.DesignDonald had hitherto been using his father Sir Malcolm Campbell s… …
8SMITH F P — UNITED KINGDOM (see also List of Individuals) 9.2.1808 Hythe/UK 12.2.1874 London/UK As a boy Francis Pettit Smith showed much skill in constructing model boats, mainly in devising their means of propulsion. He maintained this interest into adult… …
9USS Allegheny (1847) — – the first U.S. Navy ship to be so named – was a large (989 ton) iron hulled steamer that served as an American gunship in the South Atlantic Ocean as well as in the European area. When the American Civil War occurred, Allegheny served the Union …
10Operation Cartwheel — U.S. Marines hit three feet of rough water as they leave their LST to take the beach at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. 26 December 1943. (Source:National Archives) …
