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The remains of the historic HMS Endeavour have been definitively located at a site near Newport, Rhode Island. The ship was the first European vessel to reach Australia's east coast.
The remains of captain Cook ’s ship, HMS Endeavour, has been located off the US coast after sinking 250 years ago. Between 1768 and 1771, the ship became the first European vessel to reach ...
In a series of written questions submitted on Friday 7 February 2025 by Mark Francois (Conservative – Rayleigh and Wickford), Armed Forces Luke Pollard provided detailed responses on the renaming of ...
As part of the construction of the seventh and final Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, the Royal Navy has confirmed that its new designation will be HMS Achilles. According to an official ...
King Charles 'vetoed' naming Royal Navy submarine HMS Agincourt - to avoid offending the French By CLAIRE ELLICOTT, WHITEHALL EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 16:50 EDT, 29 January 2025 ...
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 ...
GB News host Martin Daubney has launched a scathing attack on the decision to rename HMS Agincourt, claiming the move undermines "British heritage".Martin expressed his frustration at the ...
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 ...
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.
King Charles stepped in to overturn the £1.5billion submarine's original name, which had been given the green light by Queen Elizabeth in 2018, and rename it HMS Achilles Comments News ...
An earlier HMS Achilles was involved against French and Spanish fleets during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It is not the first time the Royal family have have been enatngled in a diplomatic storm.