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sandyRoe | 18:38 Mon 27th Jan 2025 | ChatterBank
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... probably led to a RN submarine being renamed.  It was to be called Agincourt but now it will be Achilles.

Should Waterloo station be renamed?  Concorde, perhaps?  I think that means friendship.

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The sub was never called Agincourt. Another name has been proposed. No re-writing of history.

Even the spelling of Concord/Concorde was contraversial!

"Initially, the aircraft were named Concord (without an 'e') in the UK and Concorde (with an 'e') in France although this led to uproar when Labour Minister for Technology, Tony Benn announced that he would order the UK spelling to also be Concorde. Things calmed down a little when he also added that the Government considered that the suffixed 'e' represented 'Excellence, England, Europe and Entente (Cordiale)'. "

https://www.baesystems.com/en-uk/heritage/bac-concorde

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