The Mirror21d
King Charles overrules late Queen Elizabeth to rename £1.5bn HMS Agincourt submarine
King Charles personally ordered the renaming of HMS Agincourt, overruling his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, a source has claimed. The seventh and final Astute-class submarine, which is under ...
Shephard Media22d
Last Astute-class submarine renamed HMS Achilles
The submarine was due to be named HMS Agincourt, but will now follow HMS Agamemnon's lead, being named after a warrior from the Iliad. The UK Royal Navy (RN) has changed the name of the final Astute ...
The Daily Telegraph23d
Navy chiefs rename HMS Agincourt submarine to appease French
The seventh and final Astute-class submarine was to be called HMS Agincourt, but it will now be named HMS Achilles instead. Grant Shapps, the former defence secretary, said the name change was ...
edinburghnews.scotsman.com23d
Edinburgh landmark building to see £200 million transformation
A landmark building in Edinburgh’s financial district is to undergo a £200 million transformation to become Lloyds Banking Group’s main base in Scotland. Did you know with a Digital ...
LBC23d
Navy bosses want to change name of submarine HMS Agincourt to 'avoid upsetting French'
The Royal Navy revealed the King had approved its name being changed to HMS Achilles - itself an illustrious name in British military service. The 7th Astute-class submarine is to be named HMS ...
MercoPress23d
HMS Dauntless in Portsmouth after South Atlantic deployment; HMS Edinburgh on her way
Likewise the RN reported that HMS Edinburgh after calling at Cabo Verde Islands is on its way to her six month deployment in the South Atlantic, which will also include calls at the Falklands and ...
BBC23d
Navy submarine name change is woke nonsense, says Shapps
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 ...
The Sun23d
‘It’s PC gone mad!’ ex Nato commander slams as woke Navy bosses rename submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting French
HMS Agincourt is the fleet’s sixth vessel and was named after the 1415 victory by outnumbered English archers. A move to rebrand the under-construction hunter-killer was thrown out last year as ...
MercoPress24d
HMS Edinburgh in her third Atlantic crossing heads for the Falklands
HMS Edinburgh following a two-week maintenance stop in Cape Town, South Africa, is again crossing the South Atlantic to the Falkland Islands. This is the third crossing since the Type 42 destroyer ...
edinburghnews.scotsman.com25d
Storm Éowyn RECAP: Edinburgh battered by hurricane-force winds as red wind warning in place
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CNN25d
Edinburgh to tax tourists for overnight stays
Local politicians in Edinburgh have approved a tourist tax for visitors staying overnight the Scottish capital, introducing the first charge of its kind in the United Kingdom. From mid-2026 ...