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RSS Vengeance

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RSS Vengeance during CARAT 2006
History
Singapore
NameVengeance
NamesakeVengeance
BuilderST Engineering
Launched23 December 1990
Commissioned25 May 1991
HomeportTuas
IdentificationPennant number: 93
MottoFight For The Right
StatusActive
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 Vengeance (93) is the sixth ship of the Victory-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.[1]

Construction and career

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Vengeance was launched on 23 December 1990 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 25 May 1991.

During Workyear 2003/2004, she was awarded Best Ship Award and Operational Excellence Award by the navy.[2]

RSS Vengeance took part in the inaugural Exercise Bersama Padu, a joint Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) exercise, in 2006.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Victory Class Missile Corvettes - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Factsheet - RSS Vengeance" (PDF).
  3. ^ "EXERCISE BERSAMA PADU 2006". www.nas.gov.sg. Retrieved 18 March 2022.