RSS Vigilance

Victory-class corvette of Singapore Navy

RSS Vigilance and RSS Steadfast during CARAT 2010

History
Singapore
Name| Vigilance
Namesake| Vigilance
Builder| ST Engineering
Launched| 27 April 1989
Commissioned| 18 August 1990
Homeport| Tuas
Identification|

* MMSI number: 566010900
* Callsign: S6KR
* Pennant number: 90

Motto| Nothing Gets By
Status| Active[1]
General characteristics
Class & type| Victory-class corvette
Displacement| 595 t (586 long tons; 656 short tons)
Length| 62 m (203 ft 5 in)
Beam| 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Draught| 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion|

* 4× Maybach MTU 16 V 538 TB93 high speed diesels coupled to 4× shafts
* Total output: 16,900 hp (12,600 kW)

Speed|

* Maximum: 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
* Cruising: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Range| 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement| 49 with 8 officers
Sensors &
processing systems|

* 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

Electronic warfare
& decoys|

* 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

Armament|

* Anti-ship: 4 × Boeing Harpoon
* Anti-air: 2 × 8-cell VLS for IAI/RAFAEL Barak
* Anti-submarine: EuroTorp A244/S Mod 1 torpedoes launched from 2 × triple-tubes(all removed)
* Main gun: 1 × Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid gun
* Machine guns: 4 × STK 50MG 12.7 mm (0.50 in) HMGs

Aircraft carried| 1× Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

RSS Vigilance (90) is the third ship of the Victory-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.[2]

## Construction and career

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

### CARAT 2010

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RSS Vigilance, RSS Steadfast, RSS Persistence, MV Avatar, USNS Amelia Earhart, USS Russell, USS Chung-Hoon and USCGC Mellon participated in CARAT 2010.[3]

## Gallery

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* RSS Valour, USS Chung-Hoon and RSS Stalwart during CARAT 2010

## References

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1. ^ hermes (18 July 2018). "RSS Vigilance crew attains full operational status". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
2. ^ "Victory Class Missile Corvettes - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
3. ^ "US-Singapore begins CARAT 2010 | Brahmand News". brahmand.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

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