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chrisseaton on March 22, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Boaty McBoatface: What You Get When You Let the In...

I don't think so - their name refers to the small boats and canoes they originally operated from.

arethuza on March 22, 2016 [–]

Aren't submarines referred to as boats? :-)

[NB Apologies, I was being silly with that original comment, as far as I know you are correct.]

kuschku on March 22, 2016 | [–]

That refers to the German name for them, where they’re U-Boot (Undersea Boat)

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