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 ...

A previous attempt to rename HMS Agincourt was blocked by then defence secretary Grant Shapps. Mr Shapps last night told the Sun: 'Renaming the Agincourt is nothing short of sacrilege.

EXCLUSIVE: Navy chiefs were criticised for "woke nonsense" after holding talks on renaming HMS Agincourt in case it "upsets" the French. BySam Lister 13:48, Wed, Jan 3, 2024 | UPDATED: 11:22, Thu ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Grant Shapps, a former Conservative member of the U.K.’s Parliament and defense secretary, called a recent submarine name change by the Royal Navy “woke nonsense” to avoid offending the French.

UK Renaming of submarine Agincourt ‘woke nonsense’, says ex-defence secretary The Astute-class hunter-killer submarine planned to be called HMS Agincourt will now be HMS Achilles.

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.

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 ...