RSS Steadfast

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Singapore Navy guided-missile frigate RSS Steadfast.jpg
RSS Steadfast on 15 April 2008
History
Naval Ensign of Singapore.svgSingapore
NameSteadfast
Namesake Steadfast
OrderedMarch 2000
Builder ST Engineering
Launched15 July 2005
Commissioned5 February 2008
Homeport Changi
Identification
MottoWill Above All
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 Steadfast (70) is the third ship of the Formidable-class stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.

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Construction and career

RSS Steadfast was built by ST Marine Engineering company in Singapore around the late 2000s. Steadfast was commissioned on 5 February 2008. [3] [4]

RIMPAC 2008

Between 27 June to 31 July 2008, RSS Steadfast participated in the exercise alongside more than 30+ warships and 10+ submarines from different countries. The exercise took place off Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. [5]

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 . [6]

RIMPAC 2016

RSS Steadfast was leading two multi-national warship from Okinawa to Hawaii for RIMPAC 2016 which lasts from 30 June to 4 August 2016. [7] [8]

On 27 May 2020, RSS Steadfast and USS Gabrielle Giffords conducted a bilateral exercise from 24 to 25 May in the South China Sea. [9]

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