HMS Agincourt was a dreadnought battleship built in the United Kingdom in the early 1910s. Originally part of Brazil's role in a South American naval arms race , she holds the distinction of mounting more heavy guns (fourteen) and more turrets (seven) than any other dreadnought battleship, in keeping with the Brazilians' requirement for an ...

HMS Agincourt (1865) was a Minotaur-class ironclad frigate launched in 1865. She was renamed HMS Boscawen and used for harbour service from 1904, was renamed HMS Ganges II in 1906, became a coal hulk named C109 in 1908 and was broken up in 1960.

3 days ago · 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 ...

4 days ago · 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 ...

2 days ago · HMS Agincourt was the name agreed under Queen Elizabeth II, but defence sources say King Charles wanted another name and has given his approval to HMS Achilles instead.

5 days ago · The process to change the name of Boat 7 from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles began more than a year ago, meaning its pre-dates the change of UK government from Conservative to Labour in July 2024. This would mean it began in the final months of the premiership of Rishi Sunak, who served as prime minister from October 2022 to July 2024.

4 days ago · 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 ...

HMS Agincourt was a Minotaur-class armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s. She spent most of her career as the flagship of the Channel Squadron's second-in-command. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, she was one of the ironclads sent to Constantinople to forestall a Russian occupation of the Ottoman capital.

4 days ago · 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, ...

Feb 10, 2021 · HMS Agincourt was singular ship. Not only became a worldwide sensation by its unusual configuration, but she also changed hands three times: Ordered originally by Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) to counter Argentina, she was cancelled, repurchased by Turkey, and then requisitioned in August 1914 by the government.