RSS Valiant

{{short description|Victory-class corvette of Singapore Navy}}

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|Ship image=File:RSS Valiant sails next to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.jpg

|Ship caption= RSS Valiant on 6 April 2018

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|Ship country=Singapore

|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Singapore|naval}}

|Ship name=Valiant

|Ship namesake=Valiant

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|Ship builder=ST Engineering

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|Ship launched=22 July 1989

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|Ship commissioned=25 May 1991

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|Ship homeport=Tuas

| Ship motto = *Fight Valiantly

|Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|563720000}}

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|Ship status= Active

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|Ship class= Victory-class 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

  • Total output: {{convert|16900|hp|kW|abbr=on|lk=in}}

|Ship speed=*Maximum: {{convert|37|kn|lk=in}}

  • Cruising: {{convert|18|kn}}

|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

  • Navigation radar: Kelvin Hughes 1007 (I band)
  • Weapon control: Elbit MSIS optronic director
  • Sonar: Thomson Sintra TSM 2064 VDS

|Ship EW=*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

|Ship armament=*Anti-ship: 4 × Boeing Harpoon

|Ship aircraft=1× Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

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RSS Valiant (91) is the fourth ship of the Victory-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.{{Cite web|title=Victory Class Missile Corvettes - Naval Technology|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/victory-class-missile-corvettes-singapore/|access-date=2021-06-26|website=www.naval-technology.com|language=en-GB}}

Construction and career

Valiant was launched on 22 July 1989 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 25 May 1991.{{Cite web|title=The newly commissioned corvette RSS Valiant which is one of …|url=https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/photographs/record-details/0b0a0fb0-1162-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad|access-date=2021-06-26|website=www.nas.gov.sg}}

= 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.{{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}}

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