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

HMS Exeter together with HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles made up a flotilla operating in the South Atlantic from the Falkland Islands that in December 1939 surprised and put an end to the German pocket ...

light cruisers HMS Exeter and HMS Achilles and HMS Ajax from New Zealand commanded by Admiral Harwood confronted the Graf Spee under Captain Hans Langsdorff. After taking several hits the German ...

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The seventh Astute Class boat was due to become the sixth vessel to be named after the 1415 battle, where Henry V routed the ...

The Royal Navy has announced it is changing the name of a new submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, in a move branded ...

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

A previous HMS Achilles, a Leander Class cruiser ... The Astute Class submarine was originally designated Ajax but later had its name changed to Agincourt. It is due to enter service next ...

A previous vessel named HMS Achilles received battle honours during ... There had previously been suggestions it could be named Ajax. The submarine is being built at the BAE Systems shipyard ...