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

King Charles personally ordered the renaming of Navy submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French. The Monarch ...

See, Henry was not only marching to one of the most important battles in European history, he was marching toward one of the defining moments in the English language: the Battle of Agincourt ...

no, me either). Whether it was Henry V’s rousing speech or the legendary skill of English longbowmen, the Battle of Agincourt is a part of our national heritage. To decide that this name is somehow ...

Agincourt inspired Shakespeare’s Henry V — famously played by Kenneth Branagh in a 1989 film — and many of the Bard’s most famous lines, including, “Once more unto the breach, dear friends,” and “We ...

The piece has been valued at $75,000. The battle of Agincourt was immortalised in Shakespeare's Henry V as a miraculous underdog English victory over the French, including a siege at Harfleur.

A decision to rename nuclear-powered submarine HMS Agincourt is “woke nonsense ... was due to be named in honour of Henry V’s 1415 victory over the French. But the boat will now be called ...

Despite the brevity of that reign, Henry V’s victories in France, particularly those at Harfleur and Agincourt, have consolidated his reputation as one of England’s greatest kings. In the 16th ...

Former ministers condemn ‘woke nonsense’ after decision to remove name recalling one of England’s greatest military victories ...

Royal Navy chiefs have come under fire for dropping plans to name a new attack submarine after a battle in which England ...