A previous HMS Achilles, a Leander Class cruiser ... The Astute Class submarine was originally designated Ajax but later had its name changed to Agincourt. It is due to enter service next year.

HMS Agincourt has been renamed Achilles amid reports the defence ministry did not want to offend France.

Commodore Henry Harwood, commanding Hunting Group G, ordered the cruisers HMS Ajax, Achilles and Exeter to an area east of the River Plate – an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay. On the ...