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 ...

The King intervened over the renaming of HMS Agincourt to avoid offending the French, it was claimed last night. Charles reportedly vetoed the name — originally approved by Queen Elizabeth II ...

King Charles personally ordered the renaming of Navy submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French. The Monarch stepped in to overturn the submarine’s original name - which had been ...

Trump might be back in the White House but here in Whitehall, woke remains the prevailing orthodoxy. Officials have reportedly now approved a Royal Navy request to change the name of HMS Agincourt to ...

AN EX-Nato commander has blasted woke Navy chiefs for renaming a submarine to avoid upsetting the French. HMS Agincourt is the fleet’s sixth vessel and was named after the 1415 victory by ...

The Astute-class attack submarine, which is still being built, was to be named in honour of King Henry V's famous victory at Agincourt over the French in 1415. But the boat will now be called HMS ...

Amid speculation the change was prompted to avoid offending the French, former defence secretary Grant Shapps said: “Renaming the HMS Agincourt is nothing short of sacrilege. “This submarine ...