To date, five Royal Navy warships have been named HMS Agincourt in honor of the Battle of Agincourt of 1415. However, it was the World War I battleship that surely would have impressed King Henry V, ...
The submarine was due to be named HMS Agincourt, but will now follow HMS Agamemnon's lead, being named after a warrior from the Iliad. The UK Royal Navy (RN) has changed the name of the final Astute ...
King Charles was involved in a decision to change the name of a new royal submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, a move that was branded "woke nonsense" by former defence secretary Grant Shapps ...
The decision to rename the Royal Navy’s HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles has sparked considerable debate, and rightly so. It feels like an unnecessary act of self-censorship, bending over backwards to ...
The Royal Navy has been accused of renaming new attack submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French - sparking ...
The Royal Navy has been accused of renaming new attack submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French - sparking claims of 'craven and contemptible surrender'. The seventh Astute Class boat was ...
The submarine is the sixth vessel to bear the name marking France’s humiliating 1415 defeat at the hands of the English army led by King Henry V. Naval experts and commanders on the Ships' Names and ...
The nuclear-powered sub, still being built, was renamed HMS Achilles this weekCredit: Crown Copyright 2009 The nuclear-powered sub, still being built, was renamed HMS ...
King Charles personally ordered the renaming of Navy submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French. The Monarch stepped in to overturn the submarine's original name - which had been given the ...
NAVY commanders will get a seventh £1.5billion hunter-killer submarine despite fears it might be axed to save cash. Astute class HMS Agincourt will be the last boat in the seven-strong attack fleet.