RSS Vigilance

RSS Vigilance (90) is the third ship of the Victory-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.^[2]

RSS Vigilance and RSS Steadfast during CARAT 2010
History
Singapore
Name	Vigilance
Namesake	Vigilance
Builder	ST Engineering
Launched	27 April 1989
Commissioned	18 August 1990
Homeport	Tuas
Identification	MMSI number: 566010900 Callsign: S6KR Pennant number: 90
Motto	Nothing Gets By
Status	Active[1]
General characteristics
Class & type	Victory-class corvette
Displacement	595 t (586 long tons; 656 short tons)
Length	62 m (203 ft 5 in)
Beam	8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Draught	2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	4× 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)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	49 with 8 officers
Sensors & processing systems	Search radar: Ericsson/Radamec Sea Giraffe 150HC (G/H band) / Saab Sea Giraffe AMB post-2011 SLEP Navigation radar: Kelvin Hughes 1007 (I band) Weapon control: Elbit MSIS optronic director Sonar: Thomson Sintra TSM 2064 VDS
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	Anti-ship: 4 × Boeing Harpoon Anti-air: 2 × 8-cell VLS for IAI/RAFAEL Barak Anti-submarine: EuroTorp A244/S Mod 1 torpedoes launched from 2 × triple-tubes(all removed) Main gun: 1 × Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid gun Machine guns: 4 × STK 50MG 12.7 mm (0.50 in) HMGs
Aircraft carried	1× Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Construction and career

Vigilance was launched on 27 April 1989 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 18 August 1990.

CARAT 2010

RSS Vigilance, RSS Steadfast, RSS Persistence, MV Avatar, USNS Amelia Earhart, USS Russell, USS Chung-Hoon and USCGC Mellon participated in CARAT 2010.^[3]

SIMBEX 2025

The ship represented the Singapore Navy alongside RSS Supreme and MV Mentor while the Indian Navy was represented by INS Satpura. This was the 32nd edition of the naval exercise — SIMBEX — and was hosted by Singapore between 28 July and 1 August 2025. The Republic of Singapore Air Force also participated in the exercise with an S-70B Seahawk naval helicopter, two Fokker-50 maritime patrol aircraft and two F-15SG fighter aircraft. The harbour phase was held at RSS Singapura base and was followed by a sea phase held in the southern parts of South China Sea. During the sea phase, the participating forces carried out advanced warfare drills, including gunnery firings, air defence exercises, and maritime security operations. The sea phase concluded with a ceremonial sail-past by the participating ships.^[4][5]

Gallery

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  RSS Valour, USS Chung-Hoon and RSS Stalwart during CARAT 2010