Former British defense secretary calls Royal Navy’s submarine name change ‘woke nonsense’
Grant Shapps, a former Conservative member of the U.K.’s Parliament and defense secretary, called a recent submarine name ...
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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 ...
The Economist24d
Has the Royal Navy become too timid?
THE FINAL signal sent by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is etched in the minds of officers in the Royal Navy: “Engage the enemy more closely”. But has the Nelsonian spirit ...
Daily Express26d
Inside Royal Navy’s £2.5bn plan for five new warships to make UK 'foremost military power'
The Royal Navy's £2.5 billion plan for five new warships set to make the UK "the foremost naval power in Europe" is in its concept phase, the Ministry of Defence has confrimed. Five frigates are ...