Sir David Attenborough polar ship ready for launch
by Jonathan Amos 14 Jul 2018 23:39 UTC
Britain's new polar research ship is ready to go in the water © Cammell Laird / Bas / D.Williams
The assembled hull of the RRS Sir David Attenborough is now standing on the slipway of the Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead, awaiting launch day.
Weather and tide permitting, she should slide into the River Mersey on Saturday.
The £200m vessel will replace the James Clark Ross and the Shackleton, which between them have almost 50 years' service in support of UK polar science.
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