RSS Stalwart
Formidable-class stealth frigate
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RSS Stalwart (72) is the fifth ship of the Formidable-class stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.
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RSS Stalwart, USS Gridley and USS Stockdale on 20 January 2011 | |
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| Name | Stalwart |
| Namesake | Stalwart |
| Ordered | March 2000 |
| Builder | ST Engineering |
| Launched | 9 December 2005 |
| Commissioned | 16 January 2009 |
| Home port | Changi Naval Base |
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| Motto | Determined to Win |
| Status | active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Formidable-class frigate |
| Displacement | 3,200 tonnes (3,100 long tons; 3,500 short tons) |
| Length | 114.8 metres (376 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 16.3 metres (53 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 6.0 metres (19 ft 8 in) |
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| Range | 4,200 nautical miles (7,800 km) |
| Complement | 71, excluding air crew detachment of approx. 19 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1× S-70B Seahawk multi-mission capable naval helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters |
Construction and career
RSS Stalwart was built by ST Marine Engineering company in Singapore in the late 2000s. Stalwart was commissioned on 16 January 2009.
Exercise Malabar 2007
RSS Formidable participated in Exercise Malabar 07–2 in September 2007, a Theatre Security Cooperation engagement involving the navies of the United States, India, Australia, Japan and Singapore.[3][4] The exercise involved more than 20,000 personnel on 28 ships and 150 aircraft, including the USS Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group.[5]
On 16 November 2009, RSS Stalwart was deployed to southern California to support ship / air integration activities. The Republic of Singapore Air Force established its Peace Triton Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk Naval Helicopter detachment at the USN Maritime Strike Weapons School in San Diego, California to undertake qualification and operational training under the umbrella of the USN's SH-60F Aircraft Qualification Course.[6]
Exercise Pelican 2011
Singapore and Brunei concluded their flagship bilateral naval exercise from 10 to 13 July 2011 which consists of RSS Stalwart, KDB Darulehsan, KDB Syafaat and KDB Itjihad.[7]
CARAT 2011
RSS Vigour, RSS Stalwart and RSS Supreme conducted a joint exercise with USS Chung-Hoon on 23 August 2011.[8]
Exercise Pelican 2015
Singapore and Brunei concluded their flagship bilateral naval exercise on 27 November. Exercise Pelican ran from 23 to 27 November 2015, hosted by the Republic of Singapore Navy. The exercise featured RSS Stalwart, RSS Valiant, KDB Darussalam and KDB Darulehsan.
PLAN 70th anniversary
On 19 April 2019, RSS Stalwart arrived at Qingdao, China for a multinational naval event.[9]
ADMM-Plus 2019
RSS Stalwart, KDB Daruttaqwa, HMAS Success, PLAN Xiangtan, INS Kolkata, INS Shakti, KRI Halasan, KRI Tombak, JS Murasame, JS Izumo, KD Lekiu, BRP Andrés Bonifacio, MV Avatar, ROKS Cheonjabong, ROKS Jeonbuk, ROKS Wang Geon, HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej, USS William P. Lawrence and VPNS Quang Trung conducted ADMM-PLUS 2019 off Busan, South Korea. The ships have to conduct an exercise where they need to retake hostile vessels and rescue people overboard at sea. All ships returned to Singapore to conduct check aboard cargo ships.[10]
Gallery
- RSS Stalwart Gallery
USNS John Ericsson attaches to RSS Stalwart at Changi Naval Base, 10 January 2008.
RSS Stalwart, RSS Intrepid and RSS Endeavour manoeuvre in formation with USS Harpers Ferry, USS Chafee and USS Chung-Hoon during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2009.
USS John C. Stennis and RSS Stalwart underway on 30 January 2012.- RSS Stalwart leaving the port of Wellington, New Zealand on 11 October 2012.
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