RSS Vigour

Victory-class corvette of Singapore Navy

RSS Vigour alongside RSS Supreme and USS Chung-Hoon on 23 August 2011

History
Singapore
Name| Vigour
Namesake| Vigour
Builder| ST Engineering
Launched| 1 December 1989
Commissioned| 25 May 1991
Homeport| Tuas
Identification|

* MMSI number: 566011200
* Callsign: S6KT
* Pennant number: 92

Motto| Strike With Vigour
Status| Active
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 Vigour (92) is the fifth ship of the Victory-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.[1]

## Construction and career

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Vigour was built by ST Engineering, and launched on 1 December 1989. She was commissioned on 25 May 1991.

### CARAT 2009

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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.[2]

### CARAT 2011

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RSS Vigour, RSS Stalwart, and RSS Supreme conducted a joint exercise with USS Chung-Hoon on 23 August 2011.[3]

### MH370 search and rescue, 2014

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RSS Vigour was deployed to conduct the search and rescue operation for the missing MH370, alongside two additional C-130 aircraft, a Formidable-class frigate (RSS Steadfast) with a Sikorsky S-70B naval helicopter onboard.[4]

### Exercise PELICAN 2019

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The Republic of Singapore Navy and The Royal Brunei Navy held an exercise which consists of RSS Tenacious, RSS Valour, RSS Vigour, KDB Darussalam, KDB Darulehsan, and KDB Darulaman. All Republic of Singapore Navy ships left on 7 November 2019.[5]

### Exercise CARAT 2021

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The Republic of Singapore Navy and The United States Navy conducted a joint ASEAN-USN exercise in the Philippine Sea. Other ships in attendance are KDB Daruttaqwa, KD Lekiu, KRI Martadinata, UMS Kyansitta and HTMS Kraburi [6]

## References

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1. ^ "Victory-class missile corvettes". Naval-Technology.com. Naval Technology. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
2. ^ Larned, Bill. "Singapore-U.S. training achieves new standards during CARAT". www.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
3. ^ U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos (23 August 2011), 110823-N-IO627-112, retrieved 27 June 2021
4. ^ "Singapore sends submarine rescue vessel, aircaft [sic] to search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370". sg.news.yahoo.com. 9 March 2014.
5. ^ "Brunei Darussalam's second Minister of Defence and Singapore's Minister for Defence observe Exercise Pelican 2019". RBN.MinDef.gov.bn. Royal Brunei Navy. 6 November 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
6. ^ "U.S. Navy wraps up drills with partners in Philippine Sea, Strait of Malacca". news.usni.org. 1 December 2021.

## External links

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Media related to RSS Vigour at Wikimedia Commons

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