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Name: | RSS Intrepid |
Ordered: | March 2000 |
Builder: | ST Engineering (Marine) |
Launched: | 3 July 2004 |
Commissioned: | 5 February 2008 |
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Status: | Active |
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Class & type: | Formidable-class frigate |
Displacement: | 3,200 tonnes (3,100 long tons; 3,500 short tons) |
Length: | 114.8 m (376 ft 8 in) |
Beam: | 16.3 m (53 ft 6 in) |
Draught: | 6.0 m (19 ft 8 in) |
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Range: | 4,200 nautical miles (7,800 km) |
Complement: | 71, excluding air crew detachment of approx. 19 |
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Aircraft carried: | 1× S-70B Seahawk multi-mission capable naval helicopter |
Aviation facilities: | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters |
RSS Intrepid (69) is the second ship of the Formidable-class stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.
Construction and career[]
RSS Intrepid was built by ST Marine Engineering company in Singapore around the late in the 2000s. Intrepid was commissioned on 5 February 2008.[3]
CARAT 2009[]
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.[4]
Exercise Bersama Lima 18[]
Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and UK held Exercise Bersama Lima from 2 to 19 October 2018. One of the ships participating was RSS Intrepid.
RSS Intrepid and RSS Sovereignty conducted a joint naval exercise with the People's Liberation Army Navy ships Guiyang and Zaozhuang in the South China Sea on 24 February 2021.[5]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ "Isotta Fraschini Motori S.p.A. engines specs". Diesel-Specs.Com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110710123612/http://www.diesel-spec.com/c/c.aspx/ISO001/productspecs. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ↑ "MTU Series 8000". MTU-online-shop. http://www.mtu-online-shop.de/fileadmin/dam/download_media/import_print/M_05172E_0702.pdf. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ↑ "RSS Intrepid (69) Guided Missile Stealth Frigate Warship". https://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=rss-intrepid-69-frigate-singapore.
- ↑ Affairs, This story was written by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (SW/AW) Bill Larned, Commander, Task Group 73 5 Public. "Singapore-U.S. Training Achieves New Standards During CARAT". https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=46403.
- ↑ "Global Times: China and SG conduct joint naval exercise in South China Sea to 'address risks'" (in en-US). 2021-02-28. https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2021/02/28/global-times-china-and-sg-conduct-joint-naval-exercise-in-south-china-sea-to-address-risks/.
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