Victory-class corvette of Singapore Navy
RSS Vengeance during CARAT 2006
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History |
Singapore |
Name | Vengeance |
Namesake | Vengeance |
Builder | ST Engineering |
Launched | 23 December 1990 |
Commissioned | 25 May 1991 |
Homeport | Tuas |
Identification | Pennant number: 93 |
Motto | Fight For The Right |
Status | Active |
General characteristics |
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) |
Propulsion |
- 4× Maybach MTU 16 V 538 TB93 high speed diesels coupled to 4× shafts
- Total output: 16,900 hp (12,600 kW)
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Speed |
- Maximum: 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
- Cruising: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
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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 | |
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
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Armament | |
Aircraft carried | 1× Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) |
RSS Vengeance (93) is the sixth ship of the Victory-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.[1]
Construction and career
Vengeance was launched on 23 December 1990 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 25 May 1991.
During Workyear 2003/2004, she was awarded Best Ship Award and Operational Excellence Award by the navy.[2]
RSS Vengeance took part in the inaugural Exercise Bersama Padu, a joint Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) exercise, in 2006.[3]
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