RSS Vigour

RSS Vigour (92) is the fifth ship of the Victory-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.^[1]

RSS Vigour alongside RSS Supreme and USS Chung-Hoon on 23 August 2011
History
Singapore
Name	Vigour
Namesake	Vigour
Builder	ST Engineering
Launched	1 December 1989
Commissioned	25 May 1991
Homeport	Tuas
Identification	MMSI number: 566011200 Callsign: S6KT Pennant number: 92
Motto	Strike With Vigour
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and 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 and 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

Vigour was built by ST Engineering, and launched on 1 December 1989. She was commissioned on 25 May 1991.

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.^[2]

CARAT 2011

RSS Vigour, RSS Stalwart, and RSS Supreme conducted a joint exercise with USS Chung-Hoon on 23 August 2011.^[3]

MH370 search and rescue, 2014

RSS Vigour was deployed to conduct the search and rescue operation for the missing MH370, alongside two additional C-130 aircraft, a Formidable-class frigate (RSS Steadfast) with a Sikorsky S-70B naval helicopter onboard.^[4]

Exercise PELICAN 2019

The Republic of Singapore Navy and The Royal Brunei Navy held an exercise which consists of RSS Tenacious, RSS Valour, RSS Vigour, KDB Darussalam, KDB Darulehsan, and KDB Darulaman. All Republic of Singapore Navy ships left on 7 November 2019.^[5]

Exercise CARAT 2021

The Republic of Singapore Navy and The United States Navy conducted a joint ASEAN-USN exercise in the Philippine Sea. Other ships in attendance are KDB Daruttaqwa, KD Lekiu, KRI Martadinata, UMS Kyansitta and HTMS Kraburi ^[6]