The name was changed to HMS Achilles reportedly over concerns that the original may have offended the French.

A decision to rename nuclear-powered submarine HMS Agincourt is “woke nonsense”, a former defence secretary said. The ...

Royal Navy chiefs have come under fire for dropping plans to name a new attack submarine after the Battle of Agincourt ... honours during the Second World War at both the River Plate and Okinawa.

Agincourt refers to a battle England won against France in 1415, as part of the Hundred Years' War. The move was also called "woke" and "pathetic" by another former Tory defence minister ...