RSS ''Intrepid'' (69) is the second ship of the
''Formidable''-class stealth frigate
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of the
Republic of Singapore Navy
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.
Construction and career
RSS ''Intrepid'' was built by
ST Marine Engineering in
Singapore
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around the late 2000s. ''Intrepid'' was
commissioned on 5 February 2008.
CARAT 2009
On 15 June 2009, RSS ''Intrepid'',
RSS ''Conqueror'',
RSS ''Vigour'',
RSS ''Victory'',
RSS ''Stalwart'',
RSS ''Endeavour'',
USS ''Harpers Ferry'',
USS ''Chafee'' and
USS ''Chung-Hoon'' participated in the joint exercise in the
South China Sea
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.
Exercise Bersama Lima 18
Singapore,
Malaysia
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,
Australia
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,
New Zealand
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and
UK held ''Exercise Bersama Lima'' from 2 to 19 October 2018. One of the ships participating was RSS ''Intrepid''.
RSS ''Intrepid'' and
RSS ''Sovereignty'' conducted a joint naval exercise with the
People's Liberation Army Navy
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ships
''Guiyang'' and
''Zaozhuang'' in the
South China Sea
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on 24 February 2021.
Gallery
File:USS Chafee RSS Intrepid RSS Victory.jpg, RSS ''Victory'', RSS ''Intrepid'' and USS ''Chafee'' maneuvers in formation in preparation for a surface gunnery exercise during ''Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training'' (CARAT) 2009.
File:RSS Intrepid (69).jpg, RSS ''Intrepid'' and USS ''Harpers Ferry'' transits in the background during maneuvers in the Singapore phase of ''Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training'' (CARAT) 2009.
File:Exercise Bersama Lima 2018 MOD 45166049.jpg, HMS ''Argyll'', RSS ''Formidable'' and RSS ''Intrepid'' alongside each other during ''Exercise Bersama Lima 18.'' 13 October 2018''.''
File:USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7) Conducts an Underway Replenishment with RSS Intrepid (69).jpg, USNS ''Carl Brashear'' Conducts an underway replenishment with RSS ''Intrepid'' on 16 June 2020
References
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Ships of the Republic of Singapore Navy
2005 ships
Formidable-class frigates
Republic of Singapore Navy