Victory class Missile Corvette - Republic of Singapore Navy

Republic of Singapore Navy
Victory class Missile Corvette

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Ships:

Unit	Launched	Commissioned	STATUS
88 RSS Victory	June 8, 1988	August 18, 1990	ACTIVE
89 RSS Valour	December 10, 1988	August 18, 1990	ACTIVE
90 RSS Vigilance	April 27, 1989	August 18, 1990	ACTIVE
91 RSS Valiant	July 22, 1989	May 25, 1991	ACTIVE
92 RSS Vigour	December 1, 1989	May 25, 1991	ACTIVE
93 RSS Vengeance	December 23, 1990	May 25, 1991	ACTIVE

Specifications:

Builder: Lürssen Werft, Bremen, Germany (88) / Singapore Shipbuilding & Engineering (89-93)

Displacement: 595 tons
Length: 62 meters (203 feet 5 inches)
Beam: 8,5 meters (27 ft 11 in)
Draft: 2,6 meters (8 ft 6 in)
Speed: 37 knots (69 km/h), max. / 18 knots (33 km/h), cruise
Range: 2000 NM (3700 km) at cruise speed
Complement: 46

Propulsion:
4 x Maybach/MTU 16V 538 TB93 diesel engine (total output 16900 hp / 12600 KW)
4 shafts, 4 propellers

Armament:
2 x 8-cell Vertical Launching System (VLS)
for IAI/Rafael Barak 1 SAM missiles

1 x Oto-Melara/OtoBreda 76/62 Super Rapid DP gun (3"/76mm)
2 x Mk.141 quad missile laucher for up to 8 RGM-84 Harpoon SSM
2 x B515 12.75" (324mm) triple torpedo tubes for EuroTorp A244/S torpedoes (removed)

Aviation:
Boeing Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Sytems:
Search Radar: Ericsson/Radamec Sea Giraffe 150HC > later Saab Sea Giraffe AMB post 2011 SLEP
Weapon Control: Elbit MSIS optronic director
Navigation Radar: Kelvin Hughes 1107
Sonar: Thomson Sintra TSM2064 VDS
ESM: Elisra SEWS
ECM: Rafael RAN 1101 jammer
Decoys: 2 x Plessey Shield 9-barrelled chaff launchers / 2 x twin Rafael long range chaff launchers

The Victory class missile corvettes are multi-purpose ships based on the MGB 62 design by Germany's Lürssen shipyard, Bremen for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). The six ships were commissioned between 1990 and 1991 and form the 188 Squadron of the RSN.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the RSN was primarily concerned with coast guard duties. From the late 1970s, however, pressure from senior naval officers led to planning for expanded naval responsibilities and capabilities. Singapore’s growing regional trade led to a top-level review of the RSN’s mission, when the navy was assigned the role of defending Singapore's sea lines of communication (SLOCs). As part of a subsequent expansion programme, the RSN ordered a squadron of missile corvettes from Fredrich Lürssen Werft in 1983. The first, RSS Victory, was built and launched in Germany while the remaining five were built locally by Singapore Shipbuilding & Engineering (now Singapore Technologies (ST) Marine). The corvettes, equipped with sonar and torpedoes, were the first class of ship in the RSN to have anti-submarine capabilities.

In 1996, the corvettes were fitted with two sets of 8-cell Barak I launchers, a second fire control radar on the platform aft of the mast and an optronic director on the bridge roof. Rudder roll stabilisation was also retrofitted to improve sea-keeping qualities.

In 2009, it was announced that the corvettes would undergo a Life Extension Programme. On 23 August 2011, the upgraded RSS Valiant conducted a live-firing exercise of its Barak missile, while on Exercise CARAT with the United States Navy.

In 2012, the class is to be upgraded with a single ScanEagle UAV, RSS Valiant was the first to be so outfitted. This upgrade however, saw the removal of their anti-submarine capabilities.

In 2018 the Ministry of Defence announced that all six corvettes will be replaced by new combat ships from 2025 onwards.

Significant events:

1983
Contract signing with Lürssen Werft in Germany for the construction of six Victory-class MCVs.

8 Jun 1988
Launch of first MCV, RSS Victory, in Germany.

10 Dec 1988
Launch of first locally-built MCV, RSS Valour.

14 Jan 1989
Homecoming of RSS Victory to Singapore.

21 Sep 1989
RSS Victory conducts the RSN's first successful torpedo firing.

29 Jul 1990
RSS Victory conducts the MCVs' first successful Harpoon missile firing.

18 Aug 1990
Commissioning of RSS Victory, RSS Valour and RSS Vigilance by then-Defence Minister Mr. Goh Chok Tong.

25 May 1991
Commissioning of RSS Valiant, RSS Vigour and RSS Vengeance by then-Defence Minister Dr. Yeo Ning Hong.

1996
Installation of the Barak surface-to-air missile system on the MCVs.

10 Sep 1997
Inaugural firing of Barak surface-to-air missile by RSS Valour.

2009
Victory-class MCVs undergo a series of upgrades.

23 Aug 2011
Inaugural firing of Barak surface-to-air missile post-upgrade by RSS Valiant at Exercise CARAT.

2012
ScanEagle UAV installed on Victory-class MCVs.

Sep 2016
First deployment of ScanEagle UAV in an overseas exercise, Exercise Singaroo with the Royal Australian Navy.

source: wikipedia + MINDEF

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88 RSS Victory

89 RSS Valour

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Oto-Melara 76/62 gun on 89 RSS Valour

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90 RSS Vigilance

91 RSS Valiant

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91 RSS Valiant

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91 RSS Valiant

92 RSS Vigour

92 RSS Vigour firing a Barak SAM missile from her VLS

93 RSS Vengeance

93 RSS Vengeance firing an IAI/Rafael Barak SAM missile from the 8-cell VLS

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Victory class main armament

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Boeing ScanEagle UAV launcher and Barak SAM Vertical Launching System (VLS)

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