Remember Boaty McBoatface?

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The old thread is closed… can’t believe it is about 3 years old! So finally, here is an update! The ship was christened by the traditional champagne bottle smash.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49829315

But Boaty McBoatface lives on!

The RRS Sir David Attenborough will now carry the union flag into the Arctic and the Antarctic.

This is the vessel an online poll had cheekily suggested be called “Boaty McBoatface” before ministers stepped in to end the joke.

That humorous moniker was given instead to the long-range robotic yellow submarines that will in future operate from the Attenborough.