RSS Vigilance
Appearance
![]() RSS Vigilance and RSS Steadfast during CARAT 2010
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History | |
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Name | Vigilance |
Namesake | Vigilance |
Builder | ST Engineering |
Launched | 27 April 1989 |
Commissioned | 18 August 1990 |
Homeport | Tuas |
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Motto | Nothing Gets By |
Status | Active[1] |
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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) |
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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 and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1× Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) |
RSS Vigilance (90) is the third ship of the Victory-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.[2]
Construction and career
Vigilance was launched on 27 April 1989 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 18 August 1990.
CARAT 2010
RSS Vigilance, RSS Steadfast, RSS Persistence, MV Avatar, USNS Amelia Earhart, USS Russell, USS Chung-Hoon and USCGC Mellon participated in CARAT 2010.[3]
Gallery
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RSS Valour, USS Chung-Hoon and RSS Stalwart during CARAT 2010
References
- ^ hermes (18 July 2018). "RSS Vigilance crew attains full operational status". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Victory Class Missile Corvettes - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "US-Singapore begins CARAT 2010 | Brahmand News". brahmand.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.