RSS Valour

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RSN Ships Valour and Independence.jpg
RSS Valour and RSS Independence during SIMBEX 2014
History
Naval Ensign of Singapore.svgSingapore
NameValour
Namesake Valour
Builder ST Engineering
Launched10 December 1988
Commissioned18 August 1990
Homeport Tuas
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Victory-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 and
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]

Contents

Construction and career

Victory was launched on 10 December 1988 by ST Engineering and was 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

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

  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.