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Poll for name of new Research ship has ended.

There was a public poll for the name of the new British Research Ship to be used for polar surveys. It would be RRS (Royal Research Ship) - name to be chosen by the public.

The winner, by a massive majority over all other names is:

Boaty McBoatface


RRS Boaty McBoatface – 124,109
RRS Poppy-Mai – 34,371
RRS Henry Worsley – 15,231
RRS It’s bloody cold here – 10,679
RRS David Attenborough – 10,284


Since the poll started we have seen Trainy McTrainface, and Horsey McHorseface used on a train and a racehorse.

Whatever the actual name chosen by committee, British Oceanographic scientists admit that the vessel will always be known as RRS Boaty McBoatface.

http://www.theguardian.com/environm...tface-wins-poll-to-name-polar-research-vessel

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/18/world/boaty-mcboatface-wins-vote/

Horsey:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-36052242

trainy
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...mmute-boaty-mcboatface-waterloo-a6947831.html
 
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oggbashan said:
There was a public poll for the name of the new British Research Ship to be used for polar surveys. It would be RRS (Royal Research Ship) - name to be chosen by the public.

The winner, by a massive majority over all other names is:

Boaty McBoatface


RRS Boaty McBoatface – 124,109
RRS Poppy-Mai – 34,371
RRS Henry Worsley – 15,231
RRS It’s bloody cold here – 10,679
RRS David Attenborough – 10,284


Since the poll started we have seen Trainy McTrainface, and Horsey McHorseface used on a train and a racehorse.

Whatever the actual name chosen by committee, British Oceanographic scientists admit that the vessel will always be known as RRS Boaty McBoatface.

http://www.theguardian.com/environm...tface-wins-poll-to-name-polar-research-vessel

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/18/world/boaty-mcboatface-wins-vote/

Horsey:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-36052242

trainy
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...mmute-boaty-mcboatface-waterloo-a6947831.html
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This certainly flies in the face of world opinion that Brits have no sense of humour
 





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Wreckage Of Capt. Cook's HMS Endeavor May Be In Rhode Island Port





AFP/Getty Images


May 3, 2016
By Dana Farrington


A replica of Capt. James Cook's Endeavour sails into Sydney Harbour in 2012. Researchers believe they may have found the wreckage of the original ship in Rhode Island.



(NPR) The vessel that British explorer Capt. James Cook used to sail to Australia in the late 1700s may lie at the bottom of Newport Harbor, R.I.

The HMS Endeavor, later called the Lord Sandwich, is believed to be among a group of ships scuttled there as a blockade during the American Revolution. The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project, a nonprofit that does maritime history and marine archaeology research, says there is an 80 percent to 100 percent chance the Endeavor is still in the port.

In 2014, the Australian National Maritime Museum agreed to help the executive director of the Rhode Island project, D.K. ("Kathy") Abbass, locate the vessel.

When the deal was announced, museum Director Kevin Sumption said, "To be able to find the last resting place of the Endeavour would truly be a nationally significant event, if not internationally," according to Australia's news.com.au.

Abbass, who has been combing the Rhode Island area for years, told Rhode Island Public Radio that researchers have found more than 200 ships dating to the American Revolution in the Narragansett Bay. From British vessels, they've uncovered bits of chain, line and weapons. (You can hear that interview here.)

The Australian news site has this history about Cook, who commanded the Endeavour from 1768-1771:

"Iain McCalman, a history professor at the University of Sydney, said Cook is considered the founding father of European-settled Australia, where England eventually set up a penal colony.

"But to the country's indigenous people, Cook is considered the first invader.

" 'For some people, it would be a really wonderfully kind of exciting thing to have the Endeavour raised and brought, if possible, to Australia — whatever's left of it,' McCalman said.

"For many indigenous people, the celebration of Cook's voyage 'is a kind of sad moment. It's the end of their freedom, in a sense'."​



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The Royal Navy has fired a warning shot at a Spanish patrol boat as it tried to 'hassle' a US nuclear submarine attempting to dock at Gibraltar, it has emerged.
Spanish Guardia Civil vessel Rio Cedena twice tried to disrupt the visit by ballistic missile sub USS Florida as it was approaching the British Overseas Territory on the southern tip of Spain.
Flares were fired across its bow as it sailed in front of the American submarine and the Royal Navy reportedly dispatched its squadron patrol vessel HMS Sabre.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-attempting-dock-Gibraltar.html#ixzz47n7pTkCX
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JohnnySavage said:
The Royal Navy has fired a warning shot at a Spanish patrol boat as it tried to 'hassle' a US nuclear submarine attempting to dock at Gibraltar, it has emerged.
Spanish Guardia Civil vessel Rio Cedena twice tried to disrupt the visit by ballistic missile sub USS Florida as it was approaching the British Overseas Territory on the southern tip of Spain.
Flares were fired across its bow as it sailed in front of the American submarine and the Royal Navy reportedly dispatched its squadron patrol vessel HMS Sabre.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-attempting-dock-Gibraltar.html#ixzz47n7pTkCX
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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See this thread:

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1307784
 
oggbashan said:
There was a public poll for the name of the new British Research Ship to be used for polar surveys. It would be RRS (Royal Research Ship) - name to be chosen by the public.

The winner, by a massive majority over all other names is:

Boaty McBoatface


RRS Boaty McBoatface – 124,109
RRS Poppy-Mai – 34,371
RRS Henry Worsley – 15,231
RRS It’s bloody cold here – 10,679
RRS David Attenborough – 10,284


Since the poll started we have seen Trainy McTrainface, and Horsey McHorseface used on a train and a racehorse.

Whatever the actual name chosen by committee, British Oceanographic scientists admit that the vessel will always be known as RRS Boaty McBoatface.

http://www.theguardian.com/environm...tface-wins-poll-to-name-polar-research-vessel

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/18/world/boaty-mcboatface-wins-vote/

Horsey:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-36052242

trainy
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...mmute-boaty-mcboatface-waterloo-a6947831.html
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The politicians have overruled public opinion. The ship will be named RRS Sir David Attenborough, and one of its submersible ROVs will be Boaty McBoatface.

Is it a PR success or a disaster?

If any news is good news, many more people around the world know that the UK will have a new Polar Research vessel than would have done except for Boaty McBoatface.
 
During the Turbot War of 1995-96, PM Jean Chretien authorized the RCN to fire on Spanish patrol boats that had been sent to protect Spanish trawlers from having their illegal trawling nets cut by Canadian fisheries officials. If the Spanish vessels uncovered their guns they were to be fired on. The RCN spent more time sheparding the Spanish ships as they had limited de-icing procedures and were prone to capsizing in the frigid weather of the North Atlantic in March and April.
 
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