Historic first as Royal Navy launches torpedo from uncrewed submarine, XV Excalibur

Naval Newsby Naval News Staff / Oct 1, 2026 at 12:58 AM For the first time, a Royal Navy robot submarine has successfully fired a torpedo in a milestone trial pushing the boundaries of undersea warfare off Scotland. Royal Navy press release XV Excalibur, an Extra-Large Uncrewed Underwater Vessel or XLUUV, was adapted with aContinue reading “Historic first as Royal Navy launches torpedo from uncrewed submarine, XV Excalibur”

Launch ceremony of the ROKS Daeho Kim Jong-seo, the final Aegis destroyer of South Korea’s Gwanggaeto-III Batch-II program (September 30, 2026)

INS Vikrant (R-11) and INS Vikramaditya (R-33) during an exercise, 10 June 2023

INS Vikrant (R-11) and INS Vikramaditya (R-33) during an exercise, 10 June 2023

USS Cincinnati (CL-6), was the third Omaha-class light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, built for the United States Navy.

She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, the first being Cincinnati, an ironclad commissioned in 1862, during the Civil War, and the second being Cincinnati, a protected cruiser, that was decommissioned in 1919. Cincinnati split her pre-war career between the Atlantic and the Pacific fleets. She served in theContinue reading “USS Cincinnati (CL-6), was the third Omaha-class light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, built for the United States Navy.”