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	RSS Intrepid in Pearl Harbor on 24 June 2014
History
Singapore
Name	Intrepid
Namesake	Intrepid
Ordered	March 2000
Builder	ST Engineering
Launched	3 July 2004
Commissioned	5 February 2008
Homeport	Changi
Identification	MMSI number: 566011700; Callsign: S6KJ; Pennant number: 69;
Motto	Dare & Do
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Formidable-class frigate
Displacement	3,200 tonnes (3,100 long tons; 3,500 short tons)
Length	114.8 m (376 ft 8 in)
Beam	16.3 m (53 ft 6 in)
Draught	6.0 m (19 ft 8 in)
Installed power	4× ISM V1708 diesel generators, each producing 800 kilowatts (1,100 shp); Total output: 3,200 kW (4,300 shp);
Propulsion	4× MTU 20V 8000 M90, each rated at 8,200 kW (11,000 shp) (CODAD); Total output: 32,800 kW (44,000 shp);
Speed	Maximum: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph); Cruising: 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph);
Range	4,200 nautical miles (7,800 km)
Complement	71, excluding air crew detachment of approx. 19
Sensors and ; processing systems	Search radar: Thales Herakles multi-function radar; Navigation radar: Terma Electronic Scanter 2001; Sonar: EDO Model 980 active low frequency towed sonar (ALOFTS);
Armament	Anti-ship: 8× RGM-84C Harpoon SSM; Anti-air: MBDA Aster 15/30 launched from DCNS Sylver A50 32-cell VLS; Anti-submarine: EuroTorp A244/S Mod 3 torpedoes launched from 2× B515 triple tubes with reloads; Guns: Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid gun (mounted in stealth cupola), 4× STK 50MG 12.7 mm (0.50 in) HMG;
Aircraft carried	1× S-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.

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]

Gallery

RSS Intrepid Gallery
RSS Victory, RSS Intrepid and USS Chafee maneuvers in formation in preparation for a surface gunnery exercise during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2009.
RSS Intrepid and USS Harpers Ferry transits in the background during maneuvers in the Singapore phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2009.
HMS Argyll, RSS Formidable and RSS Intrepid alongside each other during Exercise Bersama Lima 18. 13 October 2018.
USNS Carl Brashear Conducts an underway replenishment with RSS Intrepid on 16 June 2020