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 & 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
  • 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 &
processing systems
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
Aircraft carriedBoeing 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.

SIMBEX 2014

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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]

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References

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  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. ^ "Singapore sends 5th navy ship for AirAsia QZ8501 search". 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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