The idea that it is bad luck to rename a boat is a maritime superstition that endures in the Navy to this day. However, it seems that the King would rather risk ill fortune than offend the French.
King Charles, the nominal commander in chief of the U.K. armed forces, directed that the Royal Navy's newest upcoming nuclear attack submarine be renamed.
King Charles led congratulations for the arrival of his latest great niece whose name, Athena, gave a nod to the Greek ancestry of this branch of the House of Windsor. But another Greek name ...