The National Interest9d
The Royal Navy’s Final Astute-class Submarine Is Being Renamed—And Britons Aren’t Happy
There will be no quotes from William Shakespeare’s play Henry V used as the motto for the Royal Navy’s seventh and final Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine. The boat, which is now under ...
Washington Examiner5d
King Charles’s not-so-astute wokeness below the waves
HMS Agincourt now be christened as HMS Achilles. The erstwhile HMS Agincourt is an Astute-class attack submarine expected to enter service in 2026. The final Astute-class submarine to be built ...
Shephard Media9d
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 ...
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Rolls-Royce to build powerful nuclear reactors for UK Navy’s submarine fleet
Rolls-Royce has announced the signing of the biggest contract in its history with the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense ...
The Next Web12d
Rolls-Royce lands record £9B nuclear submarine contract in UK
Rolls-Royce has won a £9bn contract to upgrade submarine nuclear reactors. The firm will also build reactors for new ...
London Evening Standard9d
Renaming of submarine Agincourt ‘woke nonsense’, says ex-defence secretary
The Astute-class hunter-killer submarine planned to be called HMS Agincourt will now be HMS Achilles. One of the Royal Navy’s seven Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine moves through ...