Spey Dam
Spey may refer to: * Spey River (other) * Spey casting, a fly fishing technique developed on the River Spey *Rolls-Royce Spey, an early turbofan engine * HMS ''Spey'', the name of seven ships of the Royal Navy * For spey-wife -- see Völva a pagan Norse shaman See also *Spay (other) Spay may refer to: * Spaying, the neutering of a female animal * Spay, Germany, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Spay, Sarthe Spay () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western Fra ...

Spey River (other)
Spey River may refer to: * River Spey, Scotland, important for the scotch whisky distilleries along its banks * Spey River (Ontario) * Spey River (Southland) in New Zealand * Spey River (Tasman) The Spey River is a river in the Tasman Mountains in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the Nort ...

Spey Casting
Spey casting is a casting technique used in fly fishing. Spey casting can be accomplished with either a normal length fly rod, or a rod referred to as a double-handed fly rod, often called a Spey rod. Spey rods can also be used for standard overhead casting. Spey casting is used for fishing large rivers for salmon and large trout such as steelhead and sea trout. Spey technique is also used in saltwater surf casting. All of these situations require the angler to cast larger flies long distances. The two-handed Spey technique allows more powerful casts and avoids obstacles on the shore by keeping most of the line in front of the angler. History Spey casting originated in both Wales and Scotland in the mid-1800s. Before the name Spey cast was popularised in the late 1800s, named after river Spey in Scotland. This style of casting originally went by the name of the Welsh throw. and the Under-handed cast. Therefore, the Spey cast was developed so one successfully cast on a large ...
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Rolls-Royce Spey
The Rolls-Royce Spey (company designations RB.163 and RB.168 and RB.183) is a low-bypass turbofan engine originally designed and manufactured by Rolls-Royce that has been in widespread service for over 40 years. A co-development version of the Spey between Rolls-Royce and Allison in the 1960s is the Allison TF41. Intended for the civilian jet airliner market when it was being designed in the late 1950s, the Spey concept was also used in various military engines, and later as a turboshaft engine for ships known as the Marine Spey, and even as the basis for a new civilian line, the Rolls-Royce RB.183 Tay. Aviation versions of the base model Spey have accumulated over 50 million hours of flight time. In keeping with Rolls-Royce naming practices, the engine is named after the River Spey. Design and development In 1954 Rolls-Royce introduced the first commercial bypass engine, the Rolls-Royce Conway, with 17,500 lbf (78 kN) of thrust aimed at what was then the "large en ...
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HMS Spey
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Spey'', after the River Spey, in Scotland: * was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1814 and sold in 1822; she then was sold to the New Grenada Patriots of 1821 and became their naval brig ''Boyacá''. She participated in the Battle of Lake Maracaibo, and in 1824 participated in the capture of numerous Spanish vessels, including the Spanish frigate ''Ceres''. In 1826 she was reported to have been laid up. * was a 10-gun launched in 1827, converted to a 4-gun packet brig in 1833 and wrecked in 1840. * was an wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1863. * was a iron screw gunboat launched in 1876 and sold in 1923. * HMS ''Spey'' was a British patrol boat launched in 1917 as , renamed HMS ''Spey'' in 1925 and sold in 1938. * was a launched in 1941 and sold to the Egyptian Navy in 1948 and renamed ''Rasheid''. She remained in service with them until 1990. * was a launched in 1985 and sold to the Brazilian ...
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Völva
In Germanic paganism, a seeress is a woman said to have the ability to foretell future events and perform sorcery. They are also referred to with many other names meaning "prophetess", "staff bearer", "wise woman" and "sorceress", and they are frequently called ''witches'' or ''priestesses'' both in early sources and in modern scholarship. They were an expression of the pre-Christian shamanic traditions of Europe, and they held an authoritative position in Germanic society. Mentions of Germanic seeresses occur as early as the Roman era, when, for example, they at times led armed resistance against Roman rule and acted as envoys to Rome. After the Roman Era, seeresses occur in records among the North Germanic people, where they form a reoccurring motif in Norse mythology. Both the classical and the Norse accounts imply that they used wands, and describe them as sitting on raised platforms during séances. Ancient Roman and Greek literature records the name of several Germani ...
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