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

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 ...

KING Charles ordered the Navy to rename HMS Agincourt, in a move dubbed “pathetic”. The monarch made the intervention to avoid upsetting the French, sources told The Sun. The nuclear-powered ...

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 ...

King Charles urged authorities to rename HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French, a source has claimed, after fury erupted over the move dismissed as 'woke' by critics.

Whether the final Astute-class ultimately sails as HMS Achilles or HMS Agincourt, when it launches (currently scheduled for 2026), it will be one of the UK’s most technologically advanced ...

The Rise of HMS Hood. In 1922, the Washington Naval Treaty that was intended to bring balance between three great naval powers—the British Empire, the United States, and the Japanese Empire ...

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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, ...