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RSS Formidable

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RSS Formidable and INS Brahmaputra in the Bay of Bengal on 5 September 2007
History
Singapore
NameFormidable
NamesakeFormidable
OrderedMid–1990s
BuilderDCNS
Launched7 January 2004
Commissioned5 May 2007
Home portChangi
Identification
MottoTriumphant At Sea
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class & typeFormidable-class frigate
Displacement3,200 tonnes (3,100 long tons; 3,500 short tons)
Length114.8 m (376 ft 8 in)
Beam16.3 m (53 ft 6 in)
Draught6.0 m (19 ft 8 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • Maximum: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
  • Cruising: 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range4,200 nautical miles (7,800 km)
Complement71, excluding air crew detachment of approx. 19
Sensors &
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • ESM: RAFAEL C-PEARL-M
  • Decoys:
    • Sagem Défense Sécurité New Generation Dagaie System, 2 × forward & 1 × aft
    • Leonardo Finmeccanica Morpheus anti-torpedo suite with WASS C310 launchers, 2 x aft
Armament
Aircraft carried1× S-70B Seahawk multi-mission capable naval helicopter
Aviation facilitiesFlight 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

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RSS Formidable was built by DCNS company in France around the early 2000s. Formidable was commissioned on 5 May 2007.[4]

RIMPAC 2012

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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.[5]

SIMBEX-16

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On 30 October 2016, RSS Formidable arrived in Visakhapatnam, India to prepare for naval exercise SIMBEX-16 in the Bay of Bengal.[6]

Exercise Bersama Lima 18

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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.[7]

Exercise Pacific Griffin 19

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RSS Formidable participated in Pacific Griffin 19 with its bilateral partner, the United States.

Exercise Pelican 22

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RSS Formidable participated in the 40th edition of Pelican with its bilateral partner, the Brunei

International Fleet Review 22

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RSS Formidable participated in the 70th edition of International Fleet Review celebrating the formation of JMSDF hosted by Japan

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References

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  1. ↑ "Isotta Fraschini Motori S.p.A. engines specs". Diesel-Specs.Com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "MTU Series 8000" (PDF). MTU-online-shop. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Wertheim, Eric (2013). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World (16th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 657. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Formidable Class Frigate". Naval Technology. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "RSS Formidable (68) at RIMPAC 2012". Security Scholar. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Navy Chief Admiral Lanba to visit Myanmar". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Bersama Lima 2018 - Malaysian Defence". Retrieved 26 July 2020.

Further reading

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