RSS ''Stalwart'' (72) is the fifth ship of the ''Formidable''-class stealth

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of the

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Construction and career

RSS ''Stalwart'' was built by ST Marine Engineering company in

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in the late 2000s. ''Stalwart'' was commissioned on 16 January 2009.

Exercise Malabar 2007

RSS ''Formidable'' participated in Exercise Malabar 07–2 in September 2007, a Theater Security Cooperation engagement involving the navies of the United States, India, Australia, Japan and Singapore. The exercise involved more than 20,000 personnel on 28 ships and 150 aircraft, including the USS ''Kitty Hawk''

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. On 16 November 2009, RSS ''Stalwart'' was deployed to southern California to support ship/air integration activities. The

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established its Peace Triton Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk Naval Helicopter detachment at the USN Maritime Strike Weapons School in

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to undertake qualification and operational training under the umbrella of the USN's SH-60F Aircraft Qualification Course.

Exercise Pelican 2011

Singapore and

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concluded their flagship bilateral naval exercise from 10 to 13 July 2011 which consists of RSS ''Stalwart'', KDB ''Darulehsan'', KDB ''Syafaat'' and KDB ''Itjihad''.

CARAT 2011

RSS ''Vigour'', RSS ''Stalwart'' and RSS ''Supreme'' conducted a joint exercise with USS ''Chung-Hoon'' on 23 August 2011.

Exercise Pelican 2015

Singapore and

concluded their flagship bilateral naval exercise on 27 November. ''Exercise Pelican'' ran from 23 to 27 November 2015, hosted by the

. The exercise featured RSS ''Stalwart'', RSS ''Valiant'', KDB ''Darussalam'' and KDB ''Darulehsan''.

PLAN 70th Anniversary

On 19 April 2019, RSS ''Stalwart'' arrived at

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for a multinational naval event.

ADMM-Plus 2019

RSS ''Stalwart'', KDB ''Daruttaqwa'', HMAS ''Success'', PLAN ''Xiangtan'', INS ''Kolkata'', INS ''Shakti'', KRI ''Halasan'', KRI ''Tombak'', JS ''Murasame'', JS ''Izumo'', KD ''Lekiu'', BRP ''Andres Bonifacio'', MV ''Avatar'', ROKS ''Cheonjabong'', ROKS ''Jeonbuk'', ROKS ''Wang Geon'', HTMS ''Bhumibol Adulyadej'', USS ''William P. Lawrence'' and VPNS ''Quang Trung'' conducted ''ADMM-PLUS 2019'' off

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, South Korea. The ships have to conduct an exercise where they need to retake hostile vessels and rescue people overboard at sea. All ships returned to

to conduct check aboard cargo ships.

Gallery

File:T-AO-194 fuel probe to Stalwart 20080110.jpg, USNS ''John Ericsson'' attaches to RSS ''Stalwart'' at

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, 10 January 2008. File:US Navy 090615-N-0000X-283 Republic of Singapore Navy and U.S. Navy ships maneuver together during during the at-sea phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2009.jpg, RSS ''Stalwart'', RSS ''Intrepid'' and RSS ''Endeavour'' maneuver in formation with USS ''Harpers Ferry'', USS ''Chafee'' and USS ''Chung-Hoon'' during ''Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training'' (CARAT) 2009. File:US Navy 120130-N-BT887-147 The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and Republic of Singapore Navy frigate RSS Stalwart (72).jpg, USS ''John C. Stennis'' and RSS ''Stalwart'' underway on 30 January 2012. File:RSS Stalwart (72).ogv, RSS ''Stalwart'' leaving the port of

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on 11 October 2012.

References

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