RSS Intrepid

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The Singapore frigate RSS Intrepid (F 69) arrives for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 24, 2014 140624-N-WF272-088.jpg
RSS Intrepid in Pearl Harbor on 24 June 2014
History
Naval Ensign of Singapore.svgSingapore
NameIntrepid
Namesake Intrepid
OrderedMarch 2000
Builder ST Engineering
Launched3 July 2004
Commissioned5 February 2008
Homeport Changi
Identification
MottoDare & Do
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Formidable-class frigate
Displacement3,200 tonnes (3,100 long tons; 3,500 short tons)
Length114.8 m (376 ft 8 in)
Beam16.3 m (53 ft 6 in)
Draught6.0 m (19 ft 8 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • Maximum: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
  • Cruising: 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range4,200 nautical miles (7,800 km)
Complement71, excluding air crew detachment of approx. 19
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Aircraft carriedS-70B Seahawk multi-mission capable naval helicopter
Aviation facilities Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters

RSS Intrepid (69) is the second ship of the Formidable-class stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.

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Construction and career

RSS Intrepid was built by ST Marine Engineering in Singapore around the late 2000s. Intrepid was commissioned on 5 February 2008. [3]

CARAT 2009

On 15 June 2009, RSS Intrepid, RSS Conqueror, RSS Vigour, RSS Victory, RSS Stalwart, RSS Endeavour, USS Harpers Ferry, USS Chafee and USS Chung-Hoon participated in the joint exercise in the South China Sea. [4]

Exercise Bersama Lima 18

Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and UK held Exercise Bersama Lima from 2 to 19 October 2018. One of the ships participating was RSS Intrepid.

RSS Intrepid and RSS Sovereignty conducted a joint naval exercise with the People's Liberation Army Navy ships Guiyang and Zaozhuang in the South China Sea on 24 February 2021. [5]

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