Boaty McBoatface is the little vessel that couldand didchange the internet.

Uk boat name contest. McBoatface was the peoples choice in a 2016 contest to name a research ship in the UK and although it was. Thats the name favoured by a majority of the British public when asked to take part in a public vote to help christen England. When the Natural Environment Research Council NERC.

Boaty McBoatface won NERCs naming competition by more than 100000 votes. Names are traditionally re-used over the years and have been carried by more than one ship. Boaty McBoatface is the British lead boat in a fleet of three robotic Autosub Long Range ALR class of lithium battery-powered autonomous underwater vehicles AUVs.

The research council received more than 7000 entries during the month-long competition period including RRS Onion Knight RRS I Like Big Boats I. Were all rooting for you Boaty McBoatface. Altogether over 13000 ships.

But Science Minister Jo Johnson said there were more suitable names. 30 Unforgettable Boat Names. Boaty as it is affectionately known will be the focal point of the Polar Explorer Programme of the UK.

Submit your own in the comments below. The state-of-the-art 200m vessel will be launched in 2019 to replace Royal Research Ships RRS Ernest Shackleton and James Clark Ross. Youll be sent a renewal notice when it.

Number 22 may just be the most honest boat name ever conceived. The Royal Navy has been naming ships as long as its existed. The NERC announced the online voting contest to name the nearly 300 million boat to be launched in 2019 recently and the leading vote-getter so far is the simple but silly Boaty McBoatface.