Posted by Adam Quinan on October 07, 2003 at 23:08:44 from 66.185.85.76 user Adam.
In Reply to: Re: The Shipping Forecast (British Isles) posted by Fiona on October 07, 2003 at 07:59:23:
The name Fitzroy was chosen to honour Robert Fitzroy,the captain of the Beagle taking Darwin around the Galapagos. He was an oceanographer and later founded of the Meteorological Office as well.
The problem with Finisterre was that the Spanish shipping forecasts also used the name but for a different area and there were concerns that people listening would become confused.