RSS Valour

RSS Valour (89) is the second ship of the Victory-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.^[1]

RSS Valour and RSS Independence during SIMBEX 2014
History
Singapore
Name	Valour
Namesake	Valour
Builder	ST Engineering
Launched	10 December 1988
Commissioned	18 August 1990
Homeport	Tuas
Identification	MMSI number: 566010800 Callsign: S6KQ Pennant number: 89
Motto	Serve With Valour
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and 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 and 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)

Construction and career

Victory was launched on 10 December 1988 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 18 August 1990.

Exercise Tandem Thrust 1999

In 1999, RSS Valour was sent to Guam in preparation for Exercise Tandem Thrust '99.

SIMBEX 2014

From 22 to 24 May, RSS Valour and RSS Independence participated in the SIMBEX-2014.^[2]

Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501

Main article: Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501

In December 2014, Persistence was deployed in the search for Airasia Flight QZ8501 after it crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December 2014; along with the RSN ships Supreme, Valour, and Kallang, MV Swift Rescue, and two Lockheed C-130H Hercules.^[3][4][5]

Gallery

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  RSS Valour in Guam during Exercise Tandem Thrust 1999
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  RSS Valour during SIMBEX 2014

References

1. "Victory Class Missile Corvettes - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
2. "SIMBEX - 14 | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
3. "Singapore sends 5th navy ship for AirAsia QZ8501 search". CNA. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015.
4. migration (29 December 2014). "AirAsia flight QZ8501: Singapore frigate, missile corvette join search and locate efforts". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
5. migration (29 December 2014). "AirAsia flight QZ8501: Second RSAF C-130 plane joins the search". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

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