RSS Victory
{{short description|Victory-class corvette of Singapore Navy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:RSS Victory CARAT 2009.jpg |Ship caption= RSS Victory during CARAT 2009 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Singapore |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Singapore|naval}} |Ship name=Victory |Ship namesake=Victory |Ship ordered= 1983 |Ship builder=Lürssen |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=8 June 1988 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=18 August 1990 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport=Tuas | Ship motto = *Second to None |Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|563699000}}
|Ship fate= |Ship status= Active |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |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
|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 Victory (88) is the lead ship of the Victory-class corvettes 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
Victory was built by Lürssen Werft in Germany, launched on 8 June 1988 and was commissioned on 18 August 1990.
= 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.{{Cite web|last=Affairs|first=This story was written by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (SW/AW) Bill Larned, Commander, Task Group 73 5 Public|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}}
Gallery
File:USS Chafee RSS Intrepid RSS Victory.jpg|RSS Victory, RSS Intrepid and USS Chafee during CARAT 2009
References
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External links
{{Victory-class corvette}}
{{Republic of Singapore Navy ships}}
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