RSS Valour
Victory-class corvette of Singapore Navy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
RSS Valour (89) is the second ship of the Victory-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.[1]
RSS Valour and RSS Independence during SIMBEX 2014 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Singapore | |
| Name | Valour |
| Namesake | Valour |
| Builder | ST Engineering |
| Launched | 10 December 1988 |
| Commissioned | 18 August 1990 |
| Home port | Tuas |
| Identification |
|
| Motto | Serve With Valour |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Victory-class corvette |
| Displacement | 595 t (586 long tons; 656 short tons) |
| Length | 62 m (203 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed |
|
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 49 with 8 officers |
| Sensors & processing systems |
|
| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
| Armament |
|
| Aircraft carried | 1× Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) |
Construction and career
Victory was launched on 10 December 1988 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 18 August 1990.
Exercise Tandem Thrust 1999
In 1999, RSS Valour was sent to Guam in preparation for Exercise Tandem Thrust '99.
SIMBEX 2014
From 22 to 24 May, RSS Valour and RSS Independence participated in the SIMBEX-2014.[2]
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501
In December 2014, Persistence was deployed in the search for Airasia Flight QZ8501 after it crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December 2014; along with the RSN ships Supreme, Valour, and Kallang, MV Swift Rescue, and two Lockheed C-130H Hercules.[3][4][5]
Gallery
RSS Valour in Guam during Exercise Tandem Thrust 1999
RSS Valour during SIMBEX 2014
_Ships_Valour_and_Independence_with_staff_of_India's_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command_in_India.jpg)