:RSS Vigour
{{Short description|Victory-class corvette of Singapore Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image = File:110823-N-IO627-112 (6079832893).jpg |Ship caption= RSS Vigour alongside {{RSS|Supreme}} and {{USS|Chung-Hoon}} on 23 August 2011 }}{{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Singapore |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Singapore|naval}} |Ship name=Vigour |Ship namesake=Vigour |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=ST Engineering |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=1 December 1989 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=25 May 1991 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport=Tuas | Ship motto = *Strike With Vigour |Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|566011200}}
|Ship fate= |Ship status= Active |Ship notes= }}{{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= {{Sclass|Victory|corvette}} |Ship displacement={{convert|595|t|abbr=on}} |Ship length={{convert|62|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|8.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|2.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=*4× Maybach MTU 16 V 538 TB93 high speed diesels coupled to 4× shafts
|Ship speed=*Maximum: {{convert|37|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|4000|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|18|kn}} |Ship complement=49 with 8 officers |Ship sensors=*Search radar: Ericsson/Radamec Sea Giraffe 150HC (G/H band) / Saab Sea Giraffe AMB post-2011 SLEP
|Ship EW=*ESM: Elisra SEWS
|Ship armament=*Anti-ship: 4 × Boeing Harpoon
|Ship aircraft=1× Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |
RSS Vigour (92) is the fifth ship of the {{Sclass|Victory|corvette}} of the Republic of Singapore Navy.{{Cite web|title=Victory-class missile corvettes|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/victory-class-missile-corvettes-singapore/|website=Naval-Technology.com|publisher=Naval Technology|date=|access-date=2021-06-26}}
Construction and career
Vigour was built by ST Engineering, and launched on 1 December 1989. She was commissioned on 25 May 1991.
=CARAT 2009=
On 15 June 2009, {{RSS|Intrepid}}, RSS Conqueror, RSS Vigour, {{RSS|Victory}}, {{RSS|Stalwart}}, {{RSS|Endeavour|210|6}}, {{USS|Harpers Ferry|LSD-49|6}}, {{USS|Chafee}}, and {{USS|Chung-Hoon}} participated in the joint exercise in the South China Sea.{{Cite web|last=Larned|first=Bill|title=Singapore-U.S. training achieves new standards during CARAT|url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=46403|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506233612/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=46403|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2017|access-date=2020-07-26|website=www.navy.mil}}
=CARAT 2011=
RSS Vigour, {{RSS|Stalwart}}, and {{RSS|Supreme}} conducted a joint exercise with {{USS|Chung-Hoon}} on 23 August 2011.{{Citation|last=U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos|title=110823-N-IO627-112|date=2011-08-23|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/39955793@N07/6079832893/|access-date=2021-06-27}}
=MH370 search and rescue, 2014=
RSS Vigour was deployed to conduct the search and rescue operation for the missing MH370, alongside two additional C-130 aircraft, a Formidable-class frigate ({{RSS|Steadfast}}) with a Sikorsky S-70B naval helicopter onboard.{{Cite web|url=http://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-offers-submarine-to-search-for-missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-050945471.html|title=Singapore sends submarine rescue vessel, {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|aircaft}} to search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370|website=sg.news.yahoo.com|date=9 March 2014 }}
=Exercise PELICAN 2019=
The Republic of Singapore Navy and The Royal Brunei Navy held an exercise which consists of {{RSS|Tenacious}}, {{RSS|Valour}}, RSS Vigour, {{KDB|Darussalam|06|6}}, {{KDB|Darulehsan|07|6}}, and {{KDB|Darulaman|08|6}}. All Republic of Singapore Navy ships left on 7 November 2019.{{Cite news|date=6 November 2019|title=Brunei Darussalam's second Minister of Defence and Singapore's Minister for Defence observe Exercise Pelican 2019|url=http://www.rbn.mindef.gov.bn/Site%20Pages/News%20Headline.aspx?cid=811|website=RBN.MinDef.gov.bn|publisher=Royal Brunei Navy|access-date=25 July 2020}}
=Exercise CARAT 2021=
The Republic of Singapore Navy and The United States Navy conducted a joint ASEAN-USN exercise in the Philippine Sea. Other ships in attendance are {{KDB|Daruttaqwa|09|6}}, KD Lekiu, {{KRI|Martadinata}}, UMS Kyansitta and HTMS Kraburi
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Category:Victory-class corvettes