RSS ''Tenacious'' (71) is the fourth ship of the ''Formidable''-class stealth

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of the

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Construction and career

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

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around the late in the 2000s. ''Tenacious'' was commissioned on 5 February 2008.

RIMPAC 2018

RSS ''Tenacious'' arrived at

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on 25 June 2018 for RIMPAC 2018, which took place from 27 June to 2 August 2018. During the RIMPAC exercise, RSS ''Tenacious'' successfully test fired her

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Exercise PELICAN 2019

The Republic of Singapore Navy and the

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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.

SIMTEX 2019

Singapore,

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and

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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.

Exercise Indopura 2021

RSS ''Tenacious'' participated in Exercise Indopura 2021, together with the

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Exercise Pacific Griffin 2021

RSS ''Tenacious'' led 3 other ships, RSS ''Stalwart'', RSS ''Fearless'', MV ''Avatar'' to participate in Exercise Pacific Griffin 2021, together with the

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. The two month long exercise involved numerous assets including 2 F15SG fighter jets to conduct a joint missile firing together with her sister ship

RSS Stalwart RSS ''Stalwart'' (72) is the fifth ship of the Formidable class frigate, ''Formidable''-class Stealth ship, stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy. Construction and career RSS ''Stalwart'' was built by ST Engineering, ST Marine Eng ...

. In addition, the participating ships conducted Aster missile firing and torpedo firing exercises.

Exercise MILAN 2022

RSS ''Tenacious'' participated in Exercise MILAN, a multinational exercise involving more than 30 nations organized by the Royal Australian Navy. During the sea phase, RSS ''Tenacious'' participated in air defence, gunnery and anti-submarine warfare drills together with the multinational task force.

Gallery

File:US Navy 080626-N-7109S-189 Flight deck crew members assigned to the Republic of Singapore Navy frigate RSS Tenacious perform a hot pump refueling.jpg, Flight deck crew of RSS ''Tenacious'' perform refuels the helicopter Lonewolf 50 of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 45 on 26 June 2008. File:RSS Tenacious alongside USNS Alan Shepard.jpg, RSS ''Tenacious'' alongside USNS ''Alan Shepard'' on 25 May 2010. File:Singapore and US Navy warships at Changi Naval Base in July 2015.jpg, RSS ''Tenacious'' docked behind RSS ''Steadfast'' in

Changi Naval Base Changi Naval Base (CNB), officially known as the RSS ''Singapura'' – Changi Naval Base, is a naval base of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). Located about 1.5 kilometres east of Changi Air Base (East) and 3.5 kilometres east of Singapore ...

during CARAT 2015.

References

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