Name Boaty McBoatface | Commissioned 2016 | |
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Class and type remotely controlled submersible | ||
Boaty McBoatface is the name of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) used for scientific research that will be carried on the research vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough owned by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and operated by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
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History
The name Boaty McBoatface was originally proposed in an online poll to name the ship that was eventually called RRS Sir David Attenborough, in honour of David Attenborough.
Although Boaty McBoatface was the most popular suggestion in the #NameOurShip poll, the suggestion to use the name for the mother ship was not followed and the Minister for Universities and Science, Jo Johnson, announced that the Boaty McBoatface name would be used for the remotely controlled submersibles aboard Sir David Attenborough instead.