RSS Tenacious at
Pearl Harbor on 24 June 2018
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Name | Tenacious |
Namesake | Tenacious |
Ordered | March 2000 |
Builder | ST Engineering |
Launched | 15 July 2005 |
Commissioned | 5 February 2008 |
Homeport | Changi |
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Motto | Yield to None |
Status | Active |
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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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Speed |
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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 Tenacious (71) is the fourth ship of the Formidable-class stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.
RSS Tenacious was built by ST Marine Engineering company in Singapore in the late 2000s. Tenacious was commissioned on 5 February 2008. [3]
RSS Tenacious arrived at Pearl Harbor on 25 June 2018 for RIMPAC 2018, which took place from 27 June to 2 August 2018. During the RIMPAC exercise, RSS Tenacious successfully test fired her Harpoon missiles. [4] [5]
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. [6]
Singapore, India and Thailand held a Naval exercise called SIMTEX on 11 October 2019. RSS Tenacious, HTMS Kraburi, INS Ranvir, INS Kora and INS Sukanya participated in the exercise. [7]
RSS Tenacious participated in Exercise Indopura 2021, together with the Indonesian Navy. [8]
RSS Tenacious led 3 other ships, RSS Stalwart, RSS Fearless, MV Avatar to participate in Exercise Pacific Griffin 2021, together with the United States Navy. The two month long exercise involved numerous assets including 2 F15SG fighter jets to conduct a joint missile firing together with her sister ship RSS Stalwart. In addition, the participating ships conducted Aster missile firing and torpedo firing exercises. [9]
RSS Tenacious participated in Exercise MILAN, a multinational exercise involving more than 30 nations organized by the Royal Australian Navy. During the sea phase, RSS Tenacious participated in air defence, gunnery and anti-submarine warfare drills together with the multinational task force. [10]