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

There will be no quotes from William Shakespeare’s play Henry V used as the motto for the Royal Navy’s seventh and final Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine. The boat, which is now under ...

A decision to rename nuclear-powered submarine HMS Agincourt is “woke nonsense”, a former defence secretary said. The Astute-class attack submarine, which is still under construction, was due to be ...

The seventh Astute Class boat was due to become the sixth vessel to be named after the 1415 battle, where Henry V routed the ...

The Carrier Strike Group, comprised of the Royal Navy flagship, HMS Prince of Wales, its escorts and aircraft, will work alongside the Japanese Self Defense Forces and other partners to help defend ...

When Kemi Badenoch flashes a beaming grin and senior Tories cheer, you know you have hit the right note. In this case, it was a duff note - Rachel Reeves to be precise, the lame duck Chancellor ...

Heat pumps may never be cheaper than gas boilers, Ed Miliband has said. The Energy Secretary made the comments as Labour snuck a boiler tax through Parliament with minimal scrutiny on Wednesday ...

Vladimir Putin’s forces launched a brutal attack on Ukraine’s energy sector this morning, as the Kremlin continues its efforts to cripple the country’s infrastructure. The attack, led by Putin’s Tu-22 ...

The Biden administration put pressure on Facebook to take down memes about Covid-19 and began investigations into the company because it refused, Mark Zuckerberg has claimed. The Meta chief ...

Meghan Markle has been praised by one expert who claimed her big 2025 comeback can be seen as the duchess fully embracing her "authentic self". The Duchess of Sussex welcomed the new year with a ...

The use of uncrewed vessels and vehicles has been crucial so far, but the Commander of the Estonian Navy warns against inflating their importance. Commodore Ivo Värk, Commander of the Estonian Navy, ...

A Ukrainian mum has told how she was horrifically raped by 15 of Vladimir Putin's soldiers who then threatened to kill her five-year-old daughter. Despite facing a rigged trial, Natalia bravely ...