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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HMS Agincourt will now be christened as HMS Achilles. The erstwhile HMS Agincourt is an Astute-class attack submarine expected to enter service in 2026.

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 ...

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

HMS Agincourt, an Astute-class hunter-killer submarine, was originally announced by then-defence secretary Sir Gavin Williamson in 2018. It would have been the sixth Royal Navy vessel to have been ...

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Navy chiefs were criticised for 'woke nonsense' after holding talks on renaming HMS Agincourt in case it 'upsets' the French. Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.

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 ...