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RSS Vigilance and RSS Steadfast during CARAT 2010
History
Singapore
NameVigilance
NamesakeVigilance
BuilderST Engineering
Launched27 April 1989
Commissioned18 August 1990
HomeportTuas
Identification
MottoNothing Gets By
StatusActive[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeVictory-class corvette
Displacement595 t (586 long tons; 656 short tons)
Length62 m (203 ft 5 in)
Beam8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Draught2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 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)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement49 with 8 officers
Sensors and
processing systems
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
Aircraft carriedBoeing 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]

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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.