RSS Tenacious

RSS Tenacious (71) is the fourth ship of the Formidable-class stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.

RSS Tenacious anchored off Tanjung Malai, Langkawi Island on March 21, 2017.
History
Singapore
Name:	RSS Tenacious
Namesake:	Tenacious
Ordered:	March 2000
Builder:	ST Engineering (Marine)
Launched:	15 July 2005
Commissioned:	5 February 2008
Identification:	F-71 MMSI number: 566011700 Callsign: S6KL
Status:	Active
General characteristics
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)
Installed power:	4× ISM V1708 diesel generators, each producing 800 kilowatts (1,100 shp)[1] Total output: 3,200 kW (4,300 shp)
Propulsion:	4× MTU 20V 8000 M90, each rated at 8,200 kW (11,000 shp)[2] (CODAD) Total output: 32,800 kW (44,000 shp)
Speed:	Maximum: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) Cruising: 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range:	4,200 nautical miles (7,800 km)
Complement:	71, excluding air crew detachment of approx. 19
Sensors and processing systems:	Search radar: Thales Herakles multi-function radar Navigation radar: Terma Electronic Scanter 2001 Sonar: EDO Model 980 active low frequency towed sonar (ALOFTS)
Armament:	Anti-ship: 8× RGM-84C Harpoon SSM Anti-air: MBDA Aster 15/30 launched from DCNS Sylver A50 32-cell VLS Anti-submarine: EuroTorp A244/S Mod 3 torpedoes launched from 2× B515 triple tubes with reloads Guns: Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid gun (mounted in stealth cupola), 4× STK 50MG 12.7 mm (0.50 in) HMG
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

Construction and Career

RSS Tenacious was built by ST Marine Engineering company in Singapore around the late in the 2000s. Tenacious was commissioned on 5 February 2008.[3]

RIMPAC 2018

RSS Tenacious arrived in Pearl Harbor on June 25, 2018. RIMPAC 2018 will go on from 27 June to 2 August 2018. During the RIMPAC exercise, RSS Tenacious successfully test fires one of her two harpoon missiles.[4][5]

Exercise PELICAN 2019

Republic of Singapore and 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]

SIMTEX 2019

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]

Gallery

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  Flight deck crew of RSS Tenacious perform refuels the helicopter Lonewolf 50 of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 45 on 26 June 2008.
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  RSS Tenacious alongside USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE-3) on 25 May 2010.
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  RSS Tenacious docked behind RSS Steadfast in Changi Naval Base during CARAT 2015.

References

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. hermesauto (21 July 2018). "Singapore navy takes leadership roles in largest global maritime exercise". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
4. "RSS Tenacious enters Pearl Harbor in preparation for RIMPAC 18". DVIDS. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
5. Nurw (23 July 2018). "DEFENSE STUDIES: RSS Tenacious Fires Harpoon Missile at Rimpac 2018". DEFENSE STUDIES. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
6. "BRUNEI DARUSSALAM'S SECOND MINISTER OF DEFENCE AND SINGAPORE'S MINISTER FOR DEFENCE OBSERVE EXERCISE PELICAN 2019". Royal Brunei Navy. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
7. "SITMEX Exercise- 2019 - Manifest IAS". Retrieved 25 July 2020.