The UK Royal Navy (RN) has changed the name of the final Astute class nuclear-powered submarines to HMS Achilles. The change will be the second time the boat’s name has been switched along its pathway ...

The UK Royal Navy has changed the name of the seventh and final Astute-class nuclear powered attack submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, citing the 80 th anniversary of VE and VJ days ...

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.

King Charles has come under fire for his decision to rename the Royal Navy’s HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, a move that has ...

King Charles was involved in a decision to change the name of a new royal submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, a move that was branded "woke nonsense" by former defence secretary Grant ...

HMS Exeter together with HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles made up a flotilla operating ... the first major naval battle of World War II. The wreath laying was held during a moving memorial service ...

But late on Sunday night the Royal Navy revealed the King had approved its name being changed to HMS Achilles - itself an illustrious name in British military service. The Senior Service said the ...

However, the official statement claims that the new name honors the Leander-class light cruiser HMS Achilles, which served in the Royal Navy before being transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy and ...

The Royal Navy has announced it is changing the name of a new submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, in a move branded "woke nonsense" by former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps. It follows ...