Vive notre ami l’ennemi”, wrote a patriotic French songwriter sarcastically in the 1820s, after peace had returned and ...

There were two types of goals behind the French decision to make the Surcouf submarine cruiser. First were geopolitical goals. One needs to remember that France still had a large empire that ...

The French defence procurement agency (Direction Générale de l'Armement: DGA) has awarded Thales a contract to equip the ...

King Charles personally ordered the renaming of Navy submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French. The Monarch stepped in to overturn the submarine’s original name - which had been ...

‘The King personally stepped in and made it clear the name had to be changed because he didn’t want to upset the French.’ HMS Agincourt, an Astute-class hunter-killer submarine, was ...

The information uploaded to Strava showed how nuclear submarine patrols are carried ... Contacted by Le Monde, the French Navy recognised "a problematic situation", but stated that it did not ...

He suggested the name change may have been a favour to the French government after it was excluded from the Aukus submarine deal between Australia, the UK and the US. Sir Ben Wallace, a former ...

The 7th Astute-class submarine is to be named HMS Achilles, as approved by The King. The name is appropriate in light of the 80th anniversaries this year of VE and VJ Day. Six ships have previously ...

The Royal Navy has been accused of renaming new attack submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French - sparking claims of 'craven and contemptible surrender'. The seventh Astute Class boat ...

Related Journalists given rare access to France’s Rubis-class nuclear-powered submarine Fitness tracking app gives away military base locations Contacted by Le Monde, the French Navy recognised "a ...