RSS Steadfast
RSS Steadfast on 15 April 2008
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Singapore | |
Name | Steadfast |
Namesake | Steadfast |
Ordered | March 2000 |
Builder | ST Engineering |
Launched | 15 July 2005 |
Commissioned | 5 February 2008 |
Homeport | Changi |
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Motto | Will Above All |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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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Propulsion |
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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 Steadfast (70) is the third ship of the Formidable-class stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.
Construction and career
[edit]RSS Steadfast was built by ST Marine Engineering company in Singapore around the late 2000s. Steadfast was commissioned on 5 February 2008.[3][4]
RIMPAC 2008
[edit]Between 27 June to 31 July 2008, RSS Steadfast participated in the exercise alongside more than 30+ warships and 10+ submarines from different countries. The exercise took place off Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean.[5]
CARAT 2010
[edit]RSS Vigilance, RSS Steadfast, RSS Persistence, MV Avatar, USNS Amelia Earhart, USS Russell, USS Chung-Hoon and USCGC Mellon participated in CARAT 2010.[6]
RIMPAC 2016
[edit]RSS Steadfast was leading two multi-national warship from Okinawa to Hawaii for RIMPAC 2016 which lasts from 30 June to 4 August 2016.[7][8]
On 27 May 2020, RSS Steadfast and USS Gabrielle Giffords conducted a bilateral exercise from 24 to 25 May in the South China Sea.[9]
Gallery
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RSS Steadfast arriving at Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC 2008.
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RSS Steadfast's bridge during RIMPAC 2008.
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SH-60B from Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light 47 banks over RSS Steadfast during flight deck qualifications with the Republic of Singapore Navy in April 2008.
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RSS Steadfast comes alongside the fast combat support ship USNS Rainer during a simulated refueling at sea on 15 April 2008.
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RSS Steadfast in Langkawi for LIMA2023.
References
[edit]- ^ "Isotta Fraschini Motori S.p.A. engines specs". Diesel-Specs.Com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ "MTU Series 8000" (PDF). MTU-online-shop. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ "Formidable Class Frigate". Naval Technology. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "RSS Steadfast". www.marinetraffic.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "SINGAPORE NAVY'S INAUGURAL PARTICIPATION IN RIM OF THE PACIFIC EXERCISE" (PDF). National Archives of Singapore. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "US-Singapore begins CARAT 2010 | Brahmand News". brahmand.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ hermesauto (28 June 2016). "Singapore's RSS Steadfast first non-US navy ship to lead RIMPAC multinational group sail". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "RIMPAC 2016". www.public.navy.mil. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "U.S., Singapore navies exercise together in the South China Sea". Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet. Retrieved 26 July 2020.