RSS ''Vigour'' (92) is the fifth ship of the of the

Republic of Singapore Navy The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) is the naval service branch of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) responsible for defending the country against any sea-borne threats, and the protection of its sea lines of communications, that would comprom ...

Construction and career

''Vigour'' was built by

ST Engineering Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd, doing business as ST Engineering, is a Singaporean multinational technology and engineering group in the aerospace, smart city as well as defence and public security sectors. Headquartered in Singapore, ...

, and launched on 1 December 1989. She was commissioned on 25 May 1991.

CARAT 2009

On 15 June 2009, , RSS ''Conqueror'', RSS ''Vigour'', , , , , , and participated in the joint exercise in the

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phil ...

CARAT 2011

RSS ''Vigour'', , and conducted a joint exercise with on 23 August 2011.

MH370 search and rescue, 2014

RSS ''Vigour'' was deployed to conduct the

search and rescue Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search ...

operation for the missing

MH370 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370) was an international passenger flight operated by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared on 8 March 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia to its planned destination ...

, alongside two additional C-130 aircraft, a ''Formidable''-class frigate () with a Sikorsky S-70B naval helicopter onboard.

Exercise PELICAN 2019

The Republic of Singapore Navy and The

Royal Brunei Navy The Royal Brunei Navy ( ms, Tentera Laut Diraja Brunei, abbreviated TLDB) is the naval defence force of Brunei Darussalam. It is a small but relatively well-equipped force whose main responsibility is to conduct search and rescue missions and ...

held an exercise which consists of , , RSS ''Vigour'', , , and . All Republic of Singapore Navy ships left on 7 November 2019.

Exercise CARAT 2021

The Republic of Singapore Navy and The

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

conducted a joint ASEAN-USN exercise in the

Philippine Sea The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean east of the Philippine archipelago (hence the name), the largest in the world, occupying an estimated surface area of . The Philippine Sea Plate forms the floor of the sea. Its ...

. Other ships in attendance are ,

KD Lekiu KD ''Lekiu'' is a guided missile frigate currently serving in the Royal Malaysian Navy and one of the major naval assets for Malaysia. Together with her sister ship KD Jebat (FFG29), ''Jebat'', ''Lekiu'' serves in the 23rd Frigate Squadron of t ...

, , UMS Kyansitta and

HTMS Kraburi HTMS ''Kraburi'' (FFG-457) ( th, เรือหลวงกระบุรี) is the third ship of of the Royal Thai Navy, a variant of the Chinese-built Type 053H2 frigate. Design and description ''Kraburi'' has a length of , a beam of , ...

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