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 ...

The Royal Navy has been accused of renaming new attack submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French. The seventh ...

No wonder they don’t want to hike defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP…. The vessel in question is an Astute-class submarine which in 2018 became the fleet’s sixth vessel to be named after the 1415 ...

Agincourt refers to a battle England won against France in 1415, as part of the Hundred Years' War. The move was also called "woke" and "pathetic" by another former Tory defence minister ...

Royal Navy chiefs have come under fire for dropping plans to name a new attack submarine after the Battle of Agincourt, in which England defeated France. The seventh and final Astute-class ...

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 ...