![]() 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) |
Installed power |
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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.
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]
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.
![]() 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 |
|
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Endurance-class landing platform dock |
Displacement |
|
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) |
Installed power |
|
Propulsion |
|
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 |
|
Electronic warfare & decoys |
|
Armament |
|
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.
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]
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.