Whether the final Astute-class ultimately sails as HMS Achilles or HMS Agincourt, when it launches (currently scheduled for 2026), it will be one of the UK’s most technologically advanced ...

Martin expressed his frustration at the submarine's new designation as HMS Achilles, questioning why a "great" name needed to be changed at all. King Charles personally intervened to rename the £ ...

T he UK Royal Navy has changed the name of the seventh and final Astute-class nuclear powered attack submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, citing the 80 th anniversary of VE and VJ days ...

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'.

KING Charles ordered the Navy to rename HMS Agincourt, in a move dubbed “pathetic”. The monarch made the intervention to avoid upsetting the French, sources told The Sun. The nuclear-powered ...

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 ...

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 ...

The erstwhile HMS Agincourt is an Astute-class attack submarine expected to enter service in 2026. The final Astute -class submarine to be built, these submarines are secondary in capability only ...

January 27, 2025 at 2:12pm GMT. A decision to rename nuclear-powered submarine HMS Agincourt is “woke nonsense”, a former defence secretary said.

King Charles stepped in to overturn the £1.5billion submarine's original name, which had been given the green light by Queen Elizabeth in 2018, ... was due to be named HMS Agincourt.

The original name, HMS Agincourt, was first announced in 2018, by Sir Gavin. It would have been the sixth Royal Navy vessel to bear the name of the famous victory in 1415, when Henry V's Army ...

The original name, HMS Agincourt, was first announced in 2018, by Sir Gavin. It would have been the sixth Royal Navy vessel to bear the name of the famous victory in 1415, when Henry V's Army ...