RSS Valiant

RSS Valiant on 6 April 2018
History
Singapore
NameValiant
NamesakeValiant
BuilderST Engineering
Launched22 July 1989
Commissioned25 May 1991
HomeportTuas
Identification
MottoFight Valiantly
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeVictory-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
  • 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 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 carried1× Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

RSS Valiant (91) is the fourth ship of the Victory-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.[1]

Construction and career

Valiant was launched on 22 July 1989 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 25 May 1991.[2]

Exercise Pelican 2015

Singapore and Brunei concluded their flagship bilateral naval exercise on 27 November. Exercise Pelican ran from 23 to 27 November 2015, hosted by the Republic of Singapore Navy. The exercise featured RSS Stalwart, RSS Valiant, KDB Darussalam and KDB Darulehsan.

On 6 April 2018, RSS Supreme and RSS Valiant underwent alongside USS Sampson and USS Theodore Roosevelt off Singapore.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Victory Class Missile Corvettes - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ^ "The newly commissioned corvette RSS Valiant which is one of …". www.nas.gov.sg. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  3. ^ "USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Deployment FY 2018". DVIDS. Retrieved 26 June 2021.