The Ships’ Names and Badges Committee suggests names to the ... The Royal Navy would not say why the name had been changed. HMS Achilles is still under construction. Downing Street refused ...

According to defence sources, the proposed name has been changed to HMS Achilles at the King ... are considered by the Royal Navy Ships’ Names and Badges Committee. They are then approved ...

Typically, the Ships' Names and Badges Committee suggests names to the ... a seventh Astute-class hunter-killer submarine called HMS Agincourt. That would have made it the sixth Royal Navy vessel ...

King Charles personally ordered the renaming of HMS Agincourt ... Typically, the Ships' Names and Badges Committee suggests names to the Navy Board, which presents its selection to the Defence ...

following the decommissioning of HMS Triumph in 2024. According to the UK government, the Ships' Names and Badges does not choose the names, rather having the role of an advisory body. In this ...

The name was proposed by the Royal Navy Ships Names and Badges Committee, shared with Ministers and approved ... the MOD had received representations on the merits of renaming HMS Agincourt or held ...

Six ships have previously borne the name, earning six battle honours, including at the battles of River Plate and Okinawa.” Whether the final Astute-class ultimately sails as HMS Achilles or HMS ...

She said: “Given the fact that these ships, HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, are reportedly being sold to another navy for a figure that could well undervalue previous spends on refits and ...

A Plymouth Royal Navy warship has been tracking one of Vladimir Putin’s spy ships operating around UK ... where it was flanked by Devonport-based HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne, a Royal Navy offshore ...

Saab’s Karslkrona, Sweden, shipyard yesterday launched the submarine HMS Halland following a comprehensive mid-life upgrade. HMS Halland is the third and final submarine in the Gotland class to ...

HMS Unicorn, Scotland's oldest ship, has received a £796,000 grant toward the cost of moving it to a new dry dock. The 201-year-old vessel is being relocated as part of the Project Safe Haven ...