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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HMS Agincourt is the fleet’s sixth vessel and was named after the 1415 victory by outnumbered English archers. A move to rebrand the under-construction hunter-killer was thrown out last year as ...