RSS Vengeance during CARAT 2006 |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Victory |
| Builders: | Fredrich Lürssen Werft / ST Engineering (Marine) |
| Operators: | Republic of Singapore Navy |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Active: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | 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) |
| Propulsion: | 4× Maybach MTU 16 V 538 TB93 high speed diesels coupled to 4× shafts Total output: 16,900 hp (12,600 kW) |
| Speed: | Maximum: 37 kn (69 km/h; 43 mph) Cruising: 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Range: | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 49 with 8 officers |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Search radar: Ericsson/Radamec Sea Giraffe 150HC (G/H band) Navigation radar: Kelvin Hughes 1007 (I band) Weapon control: Elbit MSIS optronic director Sonar: Thomson Sintra TSM 2064 VDS |
| Electronic warfare and 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: | Anti-ship: 8× Boeing Harpoon Anti-air: 2× 8-cell VLS for IAI/RAFAEL Barak Anti-submarine: EuroTorp A244/S Mod 1 torpedoes launched from 2 × triple-tubes Main gun: Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid gun Machine guns: 4× CIS 50MG 12.7 mm (0.50 in) HMGs |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: RSS Victory (88) RSS Valour (89) RSS Vigilance (90) RSS Valiant (91) RSS Vigour (92) RSS Vengeance (93) |
The Victory class missile corvettes are multi-purpose ships based on the MGB 62 design by Germany's Lürssen shipyard for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). The six ships were commissioned between 1990 and 1991 and form the 188 Squadron of the RSN.
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In the 1960s and 1970s, the RSN was primarily concerned with coast guard duties. From the late 1970s, however, pressure from senior naval officers led to planning for expanded naval responsibilities and capabilities.[1] Singapore’s growing regional trade led to a top-level review of the RSN’s mission, when the navy was assigned the role of defending Singapore's sea lines of communication (SLOCs). As part of a subsequent expansion programme, the RSN ordered a squadron of missile corvettes from Fredrich Lürssen Werft in 1983.[2] The first, RSS Victory, was built and launched in Germany while the remaining five were built locally by Singapore Shipbuilding & Engineering (now Singapore Technologies (ST) Marine). The corvettes, equipped with sonar and torpedoes, were the first class of ship in the RSN to have anti-submarine capabilities.[3]
In 1996, the corvettes were fitted with two sets of 8-cell Barak I launchers, a second fire control radar on the platform aft of the mast and an optronic director on the bridge roof. Rudder roll stabilisation was also retrofitted to improve sea-keeping qualities.[4]
In 2009, it was announced that the corvettes would undergo a Life Extension Programme.[5] On 23 August 2011, the upgraded RSS Valiant conducted a live-firing exercise of its Barak missile, while on Exercise CARAT with the United States Navy.[6]
| Name | Pennant number |
Launched | Commissioned |
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| RSS Victory | 88 | 8 June 1988 | 18 August 1990 |
| RSS Valour | 89 | 10 December 1988 | 18 August 1990 |
| RSS Vigilance | 90 | 27 April 1989 | 18 August 1990 |
| RSS Valiant | 91 | 22 July 1989 | 25 May 1991 |
| RSS Vigour | 92 | 1 December 1989 | 25 May 1991 |
| RSS Vengeance | 93 | 23 December 1990 | 25 May 1991 |
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