UK Public Votes to Name $300 Million Ship ‘Boaty McBoatface’

The UK’s National Environment Research Council is scheduled to launch a nearly $300 million polar research vessel in 2019, and it asked the public to come up with possible names for the ship, and vote on it.

Ah, online democracy. 

The UK’s National Environment Research Council is scheduled to launch a nearly $300 million polar research vessel in 2019, and it asked the public to come up with possible names for the ship, and vote on it. 

The most popular name thus far? “Boaty McBoatface.” 

It's an absolutely brilliant name.

— James Hand, author of the name