RSS Endeavour entering Sydney Harbor on 4 October 2013.
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History | |
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Name | Endeavour |
Namesake | Endeavour |
Builder | ST Engineering |
Laid down | 1998 |
Launched | 12 February 2000 |
Commissioned | 7 April 2001 |
Homeport | Changi |
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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 |
Endeavour (210) is the fourth 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 in 1998 and launched on 12 February 2000. She was commissioned on 7 April 2001 with the hull number 210.
Two additional SAF task groups have been deployed to the Gulf of Aden; RSS Endurance from June to October 2010 and Endeavour from August 2011.
Gallery
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A RSN Chinook deploys a rescue diver and a raft near RSS Endeavour on 23 August 2010.
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USS George H.W. Bush underway with RSS Endeavour in the Arabian Sea on 15 November 2011.
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RSS Endeavour docked at Garden Island, Sydney on 5 October 2013.
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RSS Endeavour docked at Garden Island, Sydney on 5 October 2013.
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 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Endurance class Amphibious Transport Dock - Republic of Singapore Navy". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.