RSS Valour

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RSS Valour and RSS Independence during SIMBEX 2014
History
Singapore
NameValour
NamesakeValour
BuilderST Engineering
Launched10 December 1988
Commissioned18 August 1990
HomeportTuas
Identification
MottoServe With Valour
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeVictory-class corvette
Displacement595 t (586 long tons; 656 short tons)
Length62 m (203 ft 5 in)
Beam8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Draught2.6 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)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement49 with 8 officers
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Search radar:
    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 ×
    Barak
  • Anti-submarine:
    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 carried1×
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

Victory was launched on 10 December 1988 by

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

Main article: Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501

In December 2014, Persistence was deployed in the search for

Lockheed C-130H Hercules.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Victory Class Missile Corvettes - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ^ "SIMBEX - 14 | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  3. CNA. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original
    on 6 January 2015.
  4. ^ migration (29 December 2014). "AirAsia flight QZ8501: Singapore frigate, missile corvette join search and locate efforts". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. ^ migration (29 December 2014). "AirAsia flight QZ8501: Second RSAF C-130 plane joins the search". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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