RSS Endurance (207)
_tied_up.jpg) RSS Endurance in 2000
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| History | |
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| Name | Endurance |
| Namesake | Endurance |
| Builder | ST Engineering |
| Laid down | 27 March 1997 |
| Launched | 14 March 1998 |
| Commissioned | 18 March 2000 |
| Homeport | Changi |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Endurance-class landing platform dock |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 141.0 m (462 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 21.0 m (68 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 5.0 m (16 ft 5 in) |
| Ramps | 2 × (bow and stern) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | In excess of 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | |
| Capacity | 18 tanks, 20 vehicles and bulk cargo |
| Troops | > 350–500 |
| Crew | 65 (8 officers and 57 men) |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | AS 332M Super Puma or AS532UL/AL Cougar or CH-47SD Chinook helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to 2 medium-lift helicopters |
Endurance (207) is the lead ship of the Endurance-class landing platform dock of the Republic of Singapore Navy.
Development
[edit]The navy's intention to purchase the Endurance-class was revealed by former Defence Minister Dr. Tony Tan during his visit to Tuas Naval Base on 3 August 1996. These ships were to replace the five ex-United States Navy (USN) County-class LSTs, which were acquired by Singapore from the United States in the 1970s. ST Marine was awarded the government contract to design and build the four ships – a significant milestone for the local defence and shipbuilding industries given the scale and extensiveness of the programme.[2][3]
Construction and career
[edit]She was laid down on 27 March 1997 and launched on 14 March 1998. She was commissioned on 18 March 2000 with the hull number 207.
Endurance participated as both a compliant and non-compliant vessel for boarding teams during Exercise Sea Sabre in 2004 as part of the Proliferation Security Initiative.[4]
RSS Endurance sailed to Aceh in Indonesia to deliver emergency supplies and medical personnel to aid in the relief efforts after a tsunami. She was then joined by Persistence on 4 January 2005 and Endeavour on 16 January.[5]
RSS Endurance became the first RSN ship to circumnavigate the globe when it participated in the 6th USN International Naval Review in New York City,[6] passing through both Panama and Suez Canal in 2000.
References
[edit]- ^ "RSN – Assets – Weapons". Ministry of Defence (Singapore) (MINDEF). 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ^ "Endurance Class Landing Ship Tank (LST) - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Endurance class Amphibious Transport Dock - Republic of Singapore Navy". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Sea Sabre". Global Security. Archived from the original on 2007-04-22. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
- ^ "2000 – The LSTs of 191 Squadron". MINDEF. Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
- ^ "Speech by Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Defence, on the Occasion of the Commissioning Ceremony for the RSN Landing Ship Tank, RSS Endurance & RSS Resolution Held on Saturday, 18 March 2000 at 10:00 AM at Tuas Naval Base". MINDEF. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2006-10-17.
