james hand suggested the name boaty mcboatface.
james hand suggested the name boaty mcboatface.
what person originally suggested the name boaty mcboatface?
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former bbc radio jersey presenter james hand jokingly suggested rrs ""boaty mcboatface"". this quickly became the most popular choice and was the runaway winner when the poll closed, with 124,109 votes. the name has been described as a homage to "hooty mcowlface", an owl named through an "adopt-a-bird" program in 2012 that became popular on the internet.









































on 6 may 2016, british science minister jo johnson announced that the choice had been made to name the ship after naturalist sir david attenborough, but that "boaty mcboatface" would be the name of one of "david attenborough" remotely controlled submersibles.
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boaty mcboatface is the lead boat of the autosub long-range class of autonomous underwater vehicles (auvs). it is used for scientific research and is carried on the research vessel rrs "sir david attenborough". "boaty mcboatface" is owned by the natural environment research council (nerc) and operated by the british antarctic survey (bas). because of its complexity and its extended range, nerc is classing it as an autosub long range autonomous vehicle.









































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the name "boaty mcboatface" was originally proposed in a march 2016 online poll to name the ship that would eventually be named rrs "sir david attenborough".
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