RSS Vengeance
Victory-class corvette of Singapore Navy
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RSS Vengeance (93) is the sixth ship of the Victory-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.[1]
RSS Vengeance during CARAT 2006 | |
| History | |
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| Name | Vengeance |
| Namesake | Vengeance |
| Builder | ST Engineering |
| Launched | 23 December 1990 |
| Commissioned | 25 May 1991 |
| Home port | Tuas |
| Identification | Pennant number: 93 |
| Motto | Fight For The Right |
| 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 |
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| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 49 with 8 officers |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1× Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) |
Construction and career
Vengeance was launched on 23 December 1990 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 25 May 1991.
During Workyear 2003/2004, she was awarded Best Ship Award and Operational Excellence Award by the navy.[2]
RSS Vengeance took part in the inaugural Exercise Bersama Padu, a joint Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) exercise, in 2006.[3]