RSS Victory

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

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|Ship caption= RSS Victory during CARAT 2009

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|Ship country=Singapore

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

|Ship name=Victory

|Ship namesake=Victory

|Ship ordered= 1983

|Ship builder=Lürssen

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|Ship launched=8 June 1988

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|Ship commissioned=18 August 1990

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|Ship homeport=Tuas

| Ship motto = *Second to None

|Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|563699000}}

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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 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

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