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Independence-class Patrol Craft
The ''Independence''-class patrol craft was a series of gun-armed patrol vessels built by VT Group, Vosper Thornycroft in the 1970s for the Republic of Singapore Navy. History Due to the Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965, independence of Singapore in 1965, there was a need to organize and expand maritime patrol and monitoring capabilities for the fledgling country. A SGD $30 million contract was signed in June 1968 with VT Group, Vosper Thornycroft by then-Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior and Defence, Defence and Interior Ministry, George Edwin Bogaars, for six gun-armed patrol craft for the Maritime Command (MC), which was the predecessor of the current Republic of Singapore Navy. The first vessel was built by Vosper in Portchester, Portsmouth, UK, United Kingdom while the remainder were constructed at the Vosper Thorneycroft Uniteers (VTU) Singapore yard in Tanjong Rhu. All patrol craft were commissioned by January 1972 and were decommissioned by the earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Model Of Independence-class Patrol Craft
A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the Plan_(drawing), plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a measure. Models can be divided into physical models (e.g. a model plane) and abstract models (e.g. mathematical expressions describing behavioural patterns). Abstract or conceptual models are central to philosophy of science, as almost every scientific theory effectively embeds some kind of model of the universe, physical or human condition, human sphere. In commerce, "model" can refer to a specific design of a product as displayed in a catalogue or show room (e.g. Ford Model T), and by extension to the sold product itself. Types of models include: Physical model A physical model (most commonly referred to simply as a model but in this context distinguished from a conceptual model) is a smaller or larger physical copy of an physical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
