Sir David Attenborough polar ship set for launch

[Judi Lynn]

By Jonathan Amos
BBC Science Correspondent, Birkenhead

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The 10,000-tonne hull of the UK's new polar ship will be put in the River Mersey later - around 12:20 BST.

Named after the TV naturalist Sir David Attenborough, the vessel has been assembled at the Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead and placed on its slipway.

The broadcaster himself will be asked to unleash his steel namesake - pushing the button that sends the hull sliding down wooden rails which have been caked in thick grease.

The hull will go in stern-first and should create a big wave as it bites the water just as the Mersey reaches high tide.

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[SCantiGOP]

1. Fake name !!

This is the boat that they had an internet poll to name. Boaty McBoatface won easily, and then they ignored the democratic process because they thought the name was too ridiculous, which was the reason everybody had voted for it in the first place.

Bring back Boaty !!

[Judi Lynn]

2. So true! If they were honorable they would have named it Boaty McBoatface. Hooray for Boaty. n/t