RSS Supreme
{{short description |Singapore Navy frigate}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = US_Navy_100623-N-8539M-708_The_Republic_of_Singapore_Navy_Formidable-class_frigate_RSS_Supreme_(73)_arrives_at_Joint_Base_Pearl_Harbor-Hickam_to_participate_in_Rim_of_the_Pacific_(RIMPAC)_2010.jpg | Ship caption = RSS Supreme arrives at Pearl Harbor during RIMPAC 2010. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship status = Active | Ship fate = | Ship honours = | Ship identification =
| Ship reinstated = | Ship struck = | Ship out of service = | Ship in service = | Ship commissioned = 16 January 2009 | Ship country = Singapore | Ship acquired = | Ship launched = 9 May 2006 | Ship laid down = | Ship builder = ST Engineering | Ship ordered = March 2000 | Ship namesake = Supreme | Ship homeport = Changi | Ship motto = *Surpassing All Always | Ship name = Supreme | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Singapore|naval}} | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Ship range = {{convert|4200|nmi|km|lk=in}} | Ship aircraft facilities = Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters | Ship aircraft = 1× S-70B Seahawk multi-mission capable naval helicopter | Ship armor = | Ship armour = | Ship armament = *Anti-ship: 8× RGM-84C Harpoon SSM
| Ship EW = | Ship sensors = *Search radar: Thales Herakles multi-function radar
| Ship complement = 71, excluding air crew detachment of approx. 19 | Ship speed = *Maximum: {{convert|27|kn|lk=in}}
| Header caption = | Ship power = *4× ISM V1708 diesel generators, each producing {{convert|800|kW|shp|lk=on}}{{cite web|url=http://www.diesel-spec.com/c/c.aspx/ISO001/productspecs|title=Isotta Fraschini Motori S.p.A. engines specs|publisher=Diesel-Specs.Com|accessdate=22 April 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710123612/http://www.diesel-spec.com/c/c.aspx/ISO001/productspecs|archivedate=10 July 2011}}
| Ship propulsion = *4× MTU 20V 8000 M90, each rated at {{convert|8200|kW|shp|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtu-online-shop.de/fileadmin/dam/download_media/import_print/M_05172E_0702.pdf|title=MTU Series 8000|publisher=MTU-online-shop|accessdate=22 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719063548/http://www.mtu-online-shop.de/fileadmin/dam/download_media/import_print/M_05172E_0702.pdf|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead}} (CODAD)
| Ship draft = | Ship draught = {{convert|6.0|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|16.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship length = {{convert|114.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship displacement = {{convert|3200|t}} | Ship class = {{sclass|Formidable|frigate}} | Ship notes = }} |
RSS Supreme (73) is the sixth ship of the Formidable-class stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.
Construction and career
RSS Supreme was built by ST Marine Engineering company in Singapore in the late 2000s. Supreme was commissioned on 16 January 2009.{{Cite web|title=RSS Supreme 73|url=https://www.helis.com/database/unit/1225-RSS-Supreme|access-date=2020-07-25|website=Helis.com}}
= RIMPAC 2010 =
RSS Supreme participated in RIMPAC 2010 from 23 June to 1 August 2010. RSS Supreme fired her Aster 15 Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) off the coast of Hawaii. Chief of Navy Rear-Admiral Chew Men Leong was on board to observe the live-firing exercises.{{Cite web |title=RSN Participates in Multilateral Naval Exercise in Hawaii |url=https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal/mindef/news-and-events/latest-releases/article-detail/2010/july/2010jul14-news-releases-01370/!ut/p/z1/jZBJD4IwEIV_Eem0LJUjLkEIiEtB7MX0gFiDQMQl-utt1MQDEZnTm-R7szzEUYp4Ka4yF2dZlaJQ_YZbWxqNR1MwyCwyGQYnYSwwhzMvphZav4BoYbjYABJE4dJUgG0PGMwJuBTxPn74UQ7083cAvHu8_2-BSoCcwlGYI16L816T5a5CKQEMKD1civtbK4UNrcxujXbKikw0WaMB1imoA3nniiX9AN8ME5cqYO5Zvr3CMNFbQDvkf2_WxzhOH8HQ9qT3BGKd-ss!/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=www.mindef.gov.sg |language=en}}
= 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}}
= Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 =
{{Main|Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501}}
In December 2014, Supreme was deployed in the search for Airasia Flight QZ8501 after it crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December 2014; along with the RSN ships Persistence, Valour, and Kallang, MV Swift Rescue, and two Lockheed C-130H Hercules.{{cite news|date=31 December 2014|title=Singapore sends 5th navy ship for AirAsia QZ8501 search|newspaper=CNA|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore-sends-5th-navy/1560480.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106043157/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore-sends-5th-navy/1560480.html|archivedate=6 January 2015}}{{Cite web|last=migration|date=2014-12-29|title=AirAsia flight QZ8501: Singapore frigate, missile corvette join search and locate efforts|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/airasia-flight-qz8501-singapore-frigate-missile-corvette-join-search-and-locate-efforts|access-date=2021-06-26|website=The Straits Times|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=migration|date=2014-12-29|title=AirAsia flight QZ8501: Second RSAF C-130 plane joins the search|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/airasia-flight-qz8501-second-rsaf-c-130-plane-joins-the-search|access-date=2021-06-26|website=The Straits Times|language=en}}
= PASSEX 2016 =
The Republic of Singapore Navy and the Royal Australian Navy conducted a passage exercise which consists of RSS Supreme, HMAS Darwin and HMAS Adelaide. One of HMAS Adelaide's MRH-90 helicopter lands on Supreme{{'s}} deck.{{Cite web|last=Navy|first=Royal Australian|title=Sailing in-sync with Singapore|url=https://news.navy.gov.au/en/Nov2017/Fleet/4190/Sailing-in-sync-with-Singapore.htm|access-date=2020-07-25|website=Navy Daily}}
On 6 April 2018, RSS Supreme and RSS Valiant underwent alongside USS Sampson and USS Theodore Roosevelt off Singapore.{{Cite web|title=USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Deployment FY 2018|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/4276803/uss-theodore-roosevelt-cvn-71-deployment-fy-2018|access-date=2021-06-26|website=DVIDS|language=en}}
RSS Supreme and USNS Carl Brasher conducted a replenish at sea on 26 June 2020.{{cite web | access-date=25 July 2020 | url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/june/8657-singapore-navy-and-us-navy-have-conducted-sea-operations-in-south-china-sea.html | title=Singapore Navy and US Navy have conducted sea operations in South China Sea | website=www.navyrecognition.com}}
= RIMPAC 2020 =
RSS Supreme joined HMAS Stuart, HMAS Sirius, USS Rafael Peralta and KDB Darulehsan on their way to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in preparation for RIMPAC 2020 on 6 August. RIMPAC 2020 is scheduled to start on 17 August.{{Cite web|last=Milne|first=Sandy|date=2020-08-05|title=RAN commences exercises with warships from Singapore, Brunei|url=https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/maritime-antisub/6581-ran-commences-exercises-with-warships-from-singapore-brunei|access-date=2020-08-07|website=www.defenceconnect.com.au}}
= 2024 =
Following a collision and resulting fire 30 nautical miles northeast of Pedra Branca between product tanker Hafnia Nile and shadow fleet VLCC tanker Ceres I, causing an immediate evacuation of the Hafnia Nile, RSS Supreme was the first to arrive and picked up 16 crewmembers from the Hafnia Nile while six others were rescued from a life raft by another ship and transferred to the Supreme for transport to Singapore.{{Cite web|url=https://maritime-executive.com/article/fire-and-evacuations-after-shadow-tanker-and-hafnia-vessel-collide|title=Fire and Evacuations After Shadow Tanker and Hafnia Vessel Collide}}
Gallery
File:US Navy 100623-N-8539M-763 The Republic of Singapore Navy Formidable-class frigate RSS Supreme (73) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010.jpg|RSS Supreme passes by JS Atago in Pearl Harbor during RIMPAC 2010.
File:US Navy 100707-N-0260R-062 RSS Supreme (73) and USS Freedom (LCS 1) cruise in formation off the coast of Hawaii during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 exercises.jpg|RSS Supreme alongside USS Freedom during RIMPAC 2010.
File:US Navy 100709-N-7058E-148 An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) approaches the Republic of Singapore Navy stealth multi-mission frigate RSS Supreme (73).jpg|An MH-60S helicopter from USS Freedom approaches RSS Supreme during RIMPAC 2010.
File:110823-N-IO627-112 (6079832893).jpg|An MH-60S helicopter from USS Freedom approaches RSS Supreme during RIMPAC 2010.
References
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