RSS Formidable
![]() RSS Formidable and INS Brahmaputra in the Bay of Bengal on 5 September 2007
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Name | Formidable |
Namesake | Formidable |
Ordered | Mid–1990s |
Builder | DCNS |
Launched | 7 January 2004 |
Commissioned | 5 May 2007 |
Homeport | Changi |
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Motto | Triumphant At Sea |
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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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 Formidable (68) is the lead ship of the Formidable-class stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.
Construction and career
[edit]RSS Formidable was built by DCNS company in France around the early 2000s. Formidable was commissioned on 5 May 2007.[3]
RIMPAC 2012
[edit]RSS Formidable participated in RIMPAC 2012 which lasts from 29 to 3 June August 2012. 22 nations and more than 40 warships took part in the exercise.[4]
SIMBEX-16
[edit]On 30 October 2016, RSS Formidable arrived in Visakhapatnam, India to prepare for naval exercise SIMBEX-16 in the Bay of Bengal.[5]
Exercise Bersama Lima 18
[edit]Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and UK held Exercise Bersama Lima from 2 to 19 October 2018. One of the ships participating was RSS Formidable.[6]
Exercise Pacific Griffin 19
[edit]RSS Formidable participated in Pacific Griffin 19 with its bilateral partner, the United States.
Exercise Pelican 22
[edit]RSS Formidable participated in the 40th edition of Pelican with its bilateral partner, the Brunei
International Fleet Review 22
[edit]RSS Formidable participated in the 70th edition of International Fleet Review celebrating the formation of JMSDF hosted by Japan
Gallery
[edit]- RSS Formidable Gallery
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RSS Formidable docked at Yokosuka Naval Base on 14 October 2019.
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RSS Formidable docked at Yokosuka Naval Base on 14 October 2019.
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RSS Formidable docked at Yokosuka Naval Base on 14 October 2019.
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RSS Formidable docked at Yokosuka Naval Base on 14 October 2019.
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RSS Formidable docked at Yokosuka Naval Base on 14 October 2019.
References
[edit]- ^ "MTU Series 8000" (PDF). MTU-online-shop. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ "Isotta Fraschini Motori S.p.A. engines specs". Diesel-Specs.Com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ "Formidable Class Frigate". Naval Technology. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "RSS Formidable (68) at RIMPAC 2012". Security Scholar. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ Correspondent, Our Defence. "Navy Chief Admiral Lanba to visit Myanmar". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Bersama Lima 2018 - Malaysian Defence". Retrieved 26 July 2020.