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RSS Supreme
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RSS Supreme arrives at Pearl Harbor during RIMPAC 2010.
Career (Singapore) Naval Ensign of Singapore
Name: RSS Supreme
Namesake: Supreme
Ordered: March 2000
Builder: ST Engineering (Marine)
Launched: 9 May 2006
Commissioned: 16 January 2009
Identification:
Status: Active
General characteristics
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)
Installed power:
  • ISM V1708 diesel generators, each producing 800 kilowatts (1,100 shp)[1]
  • Total output: 3,200 kW (4,300 shp)
Propulsion:
  • 4× MTU 20V 8000 M90, each rated at 8,200 kW (11,000 shp)[2] (CODAD)
  • Total output: 32,800 kW (44,000 shp)
  • Speed:
  • Maximum: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
  • Cruising: 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
  • Range: 4,200 nautical miles (7,800 km)
    Complement: 71, excluding air crew detachment of approx. 19
    Sensors and
    processing systems:
    • Search radar: Thales Herakles multi-function radar
    • Navigation radar: Terma Electronic Scanter 2001
    • Sonar: EDO Model 980 active low frequency towed sonar (ALOFTS)
    Armament:
  • Anti-ship: 8× RGM-84C Harpoon SSM
  • Anti-air: MBDA Aster 15/30 launched from DCNS Sylver A50 32-cell VLS
  • Anti-submarine: EuroTorp A244/S Mod 3 torpedoes launched from 2× B515 triple tubes with reloads
  • Guns: Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid gun (mounted in stealth cupola), 4× STK 50MG 12.7 mm (0.50 in) HMG
  • Aircraft carried:S-70B Seahawk multi-mission capable naval helicopter
    Aviation facilities: Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters

    RSS Supreme (73) is the sixth ship of the Formidable-class stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.

    Construction and career[]

    RSS Supreme was built by ST Marine Engineering company in Singapore around the late in the 2000s. Supreme was commissioned on 16 January 2009.[3]

    RIMPAC 2010[]

    RSS Supreme participated RIMPAC 2010 from 23 June to 1 August 2010. RSS Supreme fires off her Aster 15 Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) off the coast of Hawaii. Chief of Navy Rear-Admiral Chew Men Leong was on board to observe the live-firing exercises.[citation needed]

    PASSEX 2016[]

    Republic of Singapore Navy and Royal Australian Navy conducted a passage exercise which consists of RSS Supreme, HMAS Darwin and HMAS Adelaide. One of HMAS AdelaidesMRH-90 helicopter lands on Supreme’s deck.[4]

    RSS Supreme and USNS Carl Brasher conducted a replenish at sea on 26 June 2020.[5]

    RIMPAC 2020[]

    RSS Supreme joined HMAS Stuart, HMAS Sirius, USS Rafael Peralta and KDB Darulehsan on their way to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in preparation for RIMPAC 2020 on 6 August. RIMPAC 2020 will scheduled to start on 17 August.[6]

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