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Spanish launch heroic bid to seize Brit polar vessel

Boaty McBoatface faces Blas de Lezo in ‘name that ship’ showdown

A band of Spanish net buccaneers has mounted a determined incursion into Her Maj’s territorial cyberwaters by demanding that Blighty’s forthcoming Royal Research Ship be named the RRS Blas de Lezo, in honour of the man who administered the British a serious military shoeing during the War of Jenkins’ Ear.…


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