RSS Vigilance

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

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|Ship image=File:US Navy 100716-N-0995C-155 The Singapore navy guided-missile frigate RSS Steadfast (FFG 70) and the corvette RSS Vigilance (90) are underway during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Singapore 2010.jpg

|Ship caption= RSS Vigilance and RSS Steadfast during CARAT 2010

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|Ship country=Singapore

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

|Ship name=Vigilance

|Ship namesake=Vigilance

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|Ship builder=ST Engineering

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|Ship launched=27 April 1989

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|Ship commissioned=18 August 1990

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|Ship homeport=Tuas

| Ship motto = *Nothing Gets By

|Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|566010900}}

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|Ship status= Active{{Cite web|last=hermes|date=2018-07-18|title=RSS Vigilance crew attains full operational status|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/rss-vigilance-crew-attains-full-operational-status|access-date=2021-06-26|website=The Straits Times|language=en}}

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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 Vigilance (90) is the third 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

Vigilance was launched on 27 April 1989 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 18 August 1990.

= CARAT 2010 =

RSS Vigilance, RSS Steadfast, RSS Persistence, MV Avatar, USNS Amelia Earhart, USS Russell, USS Chung-Hoon and USCGC Mellon participated in CARAT 2010.{{Cite web|title=US-Singapore begins CARAT 2010 {{!}} Brahmand News|url=http://brahmand.com/news/USSingapore-begins-CARAT-2010/4375/1/13.html|access-date=2021-06-26|website=brahmand.com}}

Gallery

File:US Navy 100713-N-7643B-122 USS Chung-Hoon participates in surface gunnery exercise.jpg|RSS Valour, USS Chung-Hoon and RSS Stalwart during CARAT 2010

References

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{{Victory-class corvette}}

{{Republic of Singapore Navy ships}}

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Category:1989 ships

Category:Ships built in Singapore

Category:Victory-class corvettes