The UK Royal Navy (RN) has changed the name of the final Astute class nuclear-powered submarines to HMS Achilles.

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

There will be no quotes from William Shakespeare’s play Henry V used as the motto for the Royal Navy’s seventh and final Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine. The boat, which is now under ...

In the ensuing battle, HMS Exeter was severely damaged and forced to retire, while all other ships received moderate damage. Ajax and Achilles then shadowed the Graff Spee, which entered the ...

This Sunday, December first members of the HMS Ajax and River Plate Veterans leave ... dedicated to all those who died serving in all the ships involved at the battle. This will be placed ...

The town is named after a British ship, the HMS Ajax, that won a 1939 battle against a ship commanded by Hans Langsdorff, a Nazi officer. (JTA) — A suburb of Toronto will rename a street named ...

Six ships have previously borne the name, earning six battle honours, including the River Plate and Okinawa.' A previous HMS Achilles ... was originally designated Ajax but later had its name ...

The Royal Navy has confirmed one of its submarines built in Barrow has been renamed as the HMS Achilles. Astute Class boats are the largest and most advanced attack submarines that have ever been ...