National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton, England, UK;[1][2]
part of the UK National Marine Equipment PooI (NMEP)[3]
Operator
British Antarctic Survey (BAS)[2]
Launched
2017
Commissioned
2016[2]
Maiden voyage
3 April 2017; 7 years ago (2017-04-03)
In service
2018; 6 years ago (2018)[2]
Status
Active; focal point of the Polar Explorer Programme of the British government[4]
Notes
Carried onboard the polar scientific research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough[4]
General characteristics
Class and type
Autosub Long Range (ALR)[1][5]
Type
Long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)[7]
Displacement
700 kilograms (1,543 pounds)[1]
Length
3.62 metres (11 feet 10.5 inches)[1]
Installed power
Lithium battery power[5]
Propulsion
Electric motor-powered propeller
Speed
0.5 to 1.0 metre per second (1.6 to 3.3 feet per second)[1]
Range
at least 2,500 kilometres (1,550 miles)[2]
Endurance
"several months"[1][6]
Test depth
6,000 metres (19,690 feet)[1][2][7][6]
Complement
0 – totally autonomous, pre-programmed before each mission launch
Sensors and processing systems
Sonar, temperature, salinity, density, audio[2]
For the subject of the viral internet poll, see RRS Sir David Attenborough.
Boaty McBoatface[2][7] (also known as Boaty)[1][6] is the British lead boat in a fleet of three robotic lithium battery–powered autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) of the Autosub Long Range (ALR) class.[1][5] Launched in 2017 and carried on board the polar scientific research vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough, she is a focal point of the Polar Explorer Programme of the UK Government.[4][6][8]
Boaty and her two fleet-mates are part of the UK National Marine Equipment Pool and owned by the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton.[1][2][3][6] She is classified as an "autosub long range (ALR) autonomous underwater vehicle",[4][9] and will use her onboard sensors to map the movement of deep waters that play a vital role in regulating the Earth's climate.[5][2][10]
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^ abcd"New polar ship reaches first construction milestone". www.BAS.ac.uk. Cambridge, England, UK: British Antarctic Survey (BAS). 17 October 2016. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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^ abcSlawson, Nicola (13 March 2017). "Boaty McBoatface to go on its first Antarctic mission". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
^"'Boaty McBoatface' polar ship named after Attenborough". www.BBC.co.uk. BBC News. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^"NOC's Autosub Long Range is Boaty McBoatface". NOC.ac.uk. National Oceanography Centre. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
^Taeihagh, Araz (1 December 2017). "Crowdsourcing: a new tool for policy-making?". Policy Sciences. 50 (4): 629–647. arXiv:1802.03113. doi:10.1007/s11077-017-9303-3. ISSN 1573-0891. S2CID 27696037.
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