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The Independent from London, Greater London, England • 17
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SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 Boaty McBoatface dream is sunk by Attenborough The polar research ship will be named after Sir David Attenborough (PA) IAN JOHNSTON SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT A new £200m polar research ship will not be named "Boaty McBoatface" despite the suggestion's victory in a public poll. Instead the boat will be called the Royal Research Ship Sir David Attenborough, Science Minister Jo Johnson announced. However, a subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) on the vessel will be called Boaty McBoatface, which received more than 120,000 votes in an internet vote held by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), far ahead of the other suggestions. News.
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