Boaty McBoatface

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http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2016/06-nprv/
An invitation to name a new Research Ship.
Currently leading the way is Boaty McBoatface.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ollowing-tradition-picking-hero-explorer.html
We name this ship... Boaty McBoatface: Jokers make name runaway favourite in poll for new Royal Research Ship instead of following tradition by picking hero explorer
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Let's make this happen.
I think it would be a fine name for a ship.
Other suggested names have been Usain Boat, Pingu, Red Dwarf.
 
I saw this last night and really struggled to stop giggling as I told Mrs. Feek about it. What a great idea!
 
Glad to see its being built in Britain.

Before she retired, my mum worked for the Proudman Laboratory (which is part of NERC) at Bidston Observatory just outside Birkenhead and I guess this is for some of the work the lab does. The lab re-located across the water to Liverpool after she retired, but good to see they've kept it local with the build.

Silly name won't happen. Its not 'sexy' science they do there, so keeping funded in the world of cuts is hard enough already without shooting themselves in the foot.
 
Scrolling through the current popular names had me laughing like a clown.

RRS Usain Boat
RRS Clifford the big red Boat
RRS I like big Boats and I cannot lie
 
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