 Drawing of Boaty McBoatface
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Boaty McBoatface[1] |
| Owner | 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 |
| In service | 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] |
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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- ^ a b "National Marine Equipment Pool". NOC.ac.uk. Southampton, England, UK: National Oceanography Centre (NOC). Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ a b c d Amos, Jonathan (BBC Science Correspondent) (13 March 2017). "Boaty McBoatface submarine set for first voyage". www.BBC.co.uk. London, England, UK: British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC News. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b c Slawson, 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.