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I think the biggest objection came from Jo Johnson, who is the science/universities minister (an Etonian history graduate who is pro-Europe).
Eh, been there, done that. They get silly names unofficially anyway.
edited 28th May '17 10:15:01 AM by Wyldchyld
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.Yeah using the name for the remotely operated sub makes sense, honestly they should have had a better system that didn't allow write ins.
Take the top five acceptable names from the public poll and then run another poll with just thouse names, that way the public get to pick the name, but from a pre-approved list of acceptable names.
Some idiots on the internet don't get to make a joke out of the works of serious people in a risky environment. If something goes wrong on the ship and somebody dies (which with it being an arctic vessel could happen) no family should be told "your [family member] died helping other aboard Boaty Mc Boatface", it's the same reason we don't give military operations stupid names.
edited 6th May '16 3:53:23 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
AFAIK military ops get named by a computer. Also, I asked a friend in the US Navy about serving on-board a boat named "Boaty McBoatface" and her reaction was
Just why.
The US tends to use logo style names now but during WW 2 names were randomly generated, but silly names got removed if they were generated, because nobody wants to die on a stupidly named mission. Covert ops used similar systems, though with some theme naming, Operation gold was similar to operation silver, generally however the idea was to avoid being smart and showing ones hand, like the Germans did by naming something after Odin.
edited 6th May '16 4:09:24 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranWell, the Israeli ops computer threw up stuff like "Operation Mole Cricket 19" and "Operation Rooster 53" in days past. Today they're going more for the symbolic, though.
On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home.Mind you, Britain is no stranger to ships with silly names doing dangerous things. We've had no less than four warships called HMS Cockchafer - and yes, I know that that's a type of insect, but the slang meaning's been around since the Stuarts. The Gay-class, including the Gay Archer and Gay Viking, showed up after the slang creep, too.
What's precedent ever done for us?
Ships have masts, Subs don't, which is why it's a boat!
Serving on HMS Hyacinth may not sound butch, but pity any U-Boat commander who had to report he was depth-charged HMS Hyacinth!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower-class_corvette#Battle_credits
Named, as the tale goes, after four Sea Gladiators stationed at the start of the Battle of Malta in World War II — the event that led to the entire island being awarded the highest civilian Honour, the George Cross.
At one point I think that Spain was threatening to block an independent Scotland from joining at all, so as to scare it's own independence wanting regions. At least with the first referendum there was a lot of evidence suggesting that a Scotland that broke from the UK would have to join from scratch.
X4 Please don't go there.
edited 8th May '16 12:12:50 AM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran

You go serve on a boat like that. I'm sure you won't enjoy it.
On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home.