It could either directly ram an enemy vessel or make use of a spar torpedo, an explosive on the end of a long pole. Spearheaded by Army Captain F. D. Lee, the Southern Torpedo Boat Company built ...

Similar to the speed climbing, yet with an added challenge, the Tree Topping contest requires 12 competitors to ascend a 65-foot spar pole with a razor-sharp crosscut saw tethered to their bodies.

Elle-Sarah Rossato, vennoot en hoof van belasting en dispuutoplossing by PwC Suid-Afrika gesels oor hulle onlangse peiling.

this time with a "spar" torpedo. Unlike modern torpedoes, this one was effectively a copper-coated explosive mine attached to ...

Pole vault is a track and field event in which athletes attempt to clear a horizontal bar by sprinting down a runway and using a pole to catapult themselves into the air. The athlete who clears the ...

Her sons, initially skeptical, have warmed to the idea of mom being a pole dancer. Dressed in 7-inch neon heels and translucent yellow bell-bottoms, Mary Serritella was defying gravity and ...

By the early 1920s, fuel tanks were slung under the top spar of the chassis and had grown ... desert on Earth - all the way to the South Pole.

Boom: Spar to which a sail's lower edge or foot is ... earth's magnetic field to point to the direction of the magnetic North Pole; used by navigators to determine the direction a yacht is heading ...

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Regular-season champion Tyler Reddick won the pole Saturday for the second race of the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs Sunday. Reddick turned a 167.452 mph lap in a ...

The Bling is a “high-energy” pole dancing fitness studio, not a “strip club in a strip mall,” although some people had to be convinced, said owner Taylor Franklin, 32. The business opened ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Christopher Bell won the pole in Saturday qualifying for the opening race of the third round of NASCAR's playoffs. Bell turned a lap at 185.344 mph in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs ...

Formula One is back in the U.S. for round 19 of the 2024 world championship at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas. Check out our race preview here. Subscribe to The Athletic on an exclusive ...