RSS Valour (original) (raw)
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Victory-class corvette of Singapore Navy
 RSS Valour and RSS Independence during SIMBEX 2014 |
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| History | |
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| Name | Valour |
| Namesake | Valour |
| Builder | ST Engineering |
| Launched | 10 December 1988 |
| Commissioned | 18 August 1990 |
| Homeport | Tuas |
| Identification | MMSI number: 566010800 Callsign: S6KQ Pennant number: 89 |
| Motto | Serve With Valour |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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 | 4× Maybach MTU 16 V 538 TB93 high speed diesels coupled to 4× shafts Total output: 16,900 hp (12,600 kW) |
| Speed | Maximum: 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) Cruising: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 49 with 8 officers |
| Sensors and processing systems | Search radar: Ericsson/Radamec Sea Giraffe 150HC (G/H band) / Saab Sea Giraffe AMB post-2011 SLEP Navigation radar: Kelvin Hughes 1007 (I band) Weapon control: Elbit MSIS optronic director Sonar: Thomson Sintra TSM 2064 VDS |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | ESM: Elisra SEWS ECM: RAFAEL RAN 1101 Jammer Decoys: 2× Plessey Shield 9-barrelled chaff launchers, 2× twin RAFAEL long range chaff launchers fitted below the bridge wings |
| Armament | Anti-ship: 4 × Boeing Harpoon Anti-air: 2 × 8-cell VLS for IAI/RAFAEL Barak Anti-submarine: EuroTorp A244/S Mod 1 torpedoes launched from 2 × triple-tubes(all removed) Main gun: 1 × Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid gun Machine guns: 4 × STK 50MG 12.7 mm (0.50 in) HMGs |
| Aircraft carried | 1× Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) |
RSS Valour (89) is the second ship of the _Victory_-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.[1]
Construction and career
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Victory was launched on 10 December 1988 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 18 August 1990.
Exercise Tandem Thrust 1999
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In 1999, RSS Valour was sent to Guam in preparation for Exercise Tandem Thrust '99.
From 22 to 24 May, RSS Valour and RSS Independence participated in the SIMBEX-2014.[2]
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501
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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]
RSS Valour during SIMBEX 2014
- ^ "Victory Class Missile Corvettes - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "SIMBEX - 14 | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Singapore sends 5th navy ship for AirAsia QZ8501 search". CNA. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015.
- ^ migration (29 December 2014). "AirAsia flight QZ8501: Singapore frigate, missile corvette join search and locate efforts". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ migration (29 December 2014). "AirAsia flight QZ8501: Second RSAF C-130 plane joins the search". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 June 2021.