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.



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Why calling a Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine 'HMS Achilles' is not 'woke nonsense'

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Navy submarine name change is woke nonsense, says Shapps


A decision to rename nuclear-powered submarine HMS Agincourt is “woke nonsense”, a former defence secretary said.



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Renaming of submarine Agincourt ‘woke nonsense’, says ex-defence secretary

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

Daily Mirror

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King Charles overrules late Queen to rename £1.5bn HMS Agincourt submarine

EXCLUSIVE: The Monarch took the unusual step of vetoing the name of £1.5 billion sub.

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King Charles ordered renaming of HMS Agincourt 'to avoid upsetting French'

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.

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Former British Defense Secretary calls Royal Navy's submarine name change 'woke nonsense'

AN EX-Nato commander has blasted woke Navy chiefs for renaming a submarine to avoid upsetting the French.HMS Agincourt is the fleet’s sixth vessel a

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Ex-Nato commander slams woke Navy bosses renaming sub to avoid upsetting French

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First baptized “Agincourt”, a humiliating defeat of the French knights against English archers in 1415, the seventh British submarine of the new Astute class was finally named Achilles.

D’abord baptisé «Azincourt», humiliante défaite des chevaliers français contre les archers anglais en 1415, le septième sous-marin britannique de la nouvelle classe Astute sera finalement nommé Achilles.

En renonçant à baptiser un sous-marin «Azincourt», la Royal Navy a-t-elle cherché à ménager la susceptibilité française ?

Le Figaro

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Paris

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By renouncing the title of a submarine “Agincourt”, did the Royal Navy seek to protect French susceptibility?

A future ship in the British fleet that was to be called Agincourt, named after a battle lost by France during the Hundred Years' War, was renamed HMS Achilles.

Un futur navire de la flotte britannique qui devait être appelé Azincourt, du nom d’une bataille perdue par la France lors de la guerre de Cent Ans, a été renommé HMS Achilles.

Un « sacrilège » ? La Royal Navy accusée d’avoir rebaptisé le sous-marin Azincourt pour ne pas vexer la France

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A “sacrilege”? The Royal Navy accused of having renamed the submarine Agincourt to avoid offending France

We feel confident that France would not have been outraged if the submarine had been called HMS Agincourt, but HMS Achilles is, quite simply, a better name

Grant Shapps calls Navy submarine name change 'woke nonsense'

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