New British nuclear submarine named HMS Agamemnon

27 comments

1. Should have named it HMS Submarine McSubmarine Face

2. Truly a British name!

3. British Naval vessels always have the coolest names

4. Native english speaker here, but what does Agamemnon mean?

5. Bold choice to name a naval vessel after a king who came back from an epic voyage, only to be murdered by his wife’s new lover…

6. I love this just because he is part of the [Strauss’ opera Elektra!](https://youtu.be/jq1qfG0r4LE?si=2Bt4p5xpC5rB-2Vn)

7. Is John Sheridan the captain?

8. Now imagine a greek submarine named “King of Wales”.

9. *Stupid autocorrect!* /s

10. I misread as “Armageddon” and though “ok, I guess it makes sense”. 

11. Was HMS Thomas the Tank Engine taken?

12. Anyone else first thought Babylon 5? 😁

13. Wasn’t that also the name of a English ship during the Napoleonic Wars?

14. I would much prefer Subby McSubFace.

15. Also getting Matrix vibes

16. Not as good as Boaty McBoatface.

17. Some immigrant wonderkid name

18. And this friend is the only negotiation method that countries like Russia understand.

    Good for the british for not losing sight of what really makes a difference in today’s geopolitics.

19. loosers. Colonized qurater of world yet again with good old good greek fetişizm. Just name it something about Your history.

20. You can shit on the UK all you like, but you’d have to admit that they are the best at naming naval vessels.

21. Great, now rename Trident Achilles because it always seems to act up these days and refuses to do as it’s told.

22. I can only think of Sean Connery in Time Bandits

23. *cringe*

24. ***shitpost***

    Such shame that Polish navy can’t field any seaworthy sub(having just one,almost permamently in dock or in harbor,since like 2014, regardless what [wiki ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORP_Orze%C5%82_(1986))says, its no longer certified for combat, since there was a fire on board after alleged renovation and modernization, it’s no longer safe to go subsurface/dive

    Not like our surface sea combatants are in any better condition rn lol, with all those rusted old buckets we still sent to sea.

    For example two [OHP ](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORP_Gen._T._Ko%C5%9Bciuszko)- [Fregates ](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORP_Gen._K._Pu%C5%82aski)that we sole(/s) from the Americans in early 2000’s, they where litteraly that old that noone even bothered to sent a bounty against our MOD #legitimesalvage, and ships launched by USN in 1978/1979 are still in service here 2024 lmao.

    [I have huge respect to every single sailor of PL-Navy, but those ships are one joke after the other.](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marynarka_Wojenna#Okr%C4%99ty)

25. why did Babylon 5 come to mind with the name ” Agamemnon ” sure one of the ships was called that.

26. Is it shaped like a giant horse?

27. cool name but its like british aircraft carriers?, because they had a very bad reputation… much time on land