Rejected petition Name the vessel Boaty McBoatface as wanted by the people

The polar research vessel,will be in operation in 2019 will sale the water of Antartica and the Artic, with a team of 90 scientist and support staff.The NERC wanted names suggestions.The name that had the most votes is Boaty McBoatface.The science minister founds this name frivolous and won't use it

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Date submitted 19 April 2016
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