Sprite (soft drink) Sprite (soft drink) Sprite is a colorless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavored soft drink created by The Coca-Cola Company. It was first developed in West Germany in 1959 as Fanta Klare Zitrone (“Clear Lemon Fanta”) and was introduced in the United States under the current brand name Sprite in 1961 as a competitor to 7 Up. Bottles of Sprite are usually transparent green in color, with a green and yellow label, whereas cans are colored silver, green, and blue, and aluminum bottles have a solid lime green color. Sprite advertising often makes use of the portmanteau word "lymon", a combination of
HMAS Air Sprite Air Arm's base, HMAS "Albatross". On the night of 10 February 1964 "Air Sprite" was one of two air-sea rescue vessels which responded to the collision between HMAS "Melbourne" and "Voyager" in Jervis Bay. "Air Sprite" rescued 36 "Voyager" crewmen and HMAS "Air Nymph" saved a further 34. In 1976 "Air Sprite" was laid up at HMAS "Kuttabul" in Sydney for a major refit, which was scheduled for mid-1977, prior to being used as a general purpose vessel in Western Australia. This refit did not go ahead, and instead the ship was marked for disposal. "Air Sprite" was sunk as