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Set sail for the week with Supreme Fortitude. The RSS Supreme (73) Stealth Frigate and RSS Fortitude (20) Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV) remain in harbour as the Australian Navy’s Helicopter Carrier, HMAS Canberra, can be seen setting sail in the background after it’s brief appearance at the International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference 2019. Seen on its deck are two MRH-90 Taipan multi-role helicopters and one Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) which demonstrated shore-to-ship operation from a foreign airbase prior to its arrival in Singapore. Both the RSS Supreme and RSS Fortitude are the sixth ships in their respective class. RSS Fortitude, the sixth of eight vessels, is still undergoing trials after having been launched last year and is scheduled to be commissioned by year end. The new LMVs are surface platforms that can undertake a broad range of roles ranging from maritime coastal patrol, low intensity conflict to humanitarian and disaster relief. RSS Supreme was launched in May 2006 and commissioned in Jan 2009 and is the last ship in the Formidable-class of Stealth Frigates. These frigates are the main surface warships of the Singapore armed with an array of missiles, torpedoes, guns and equipped with an onboard helicopter, to enable them to deal with a broad range of surface and underwater threats. In Dec 2014, RSS Supreme was deployed in the search for Airasia flight QZ8501 which crashed in the Java Sea shortly after takeoff on 28 Dec; along with Landing Ship Tank (LST) RSS Persistence (209) which was featured in the post before this. #SingaporeNavy #DefendingourEveryday #OneSAF #IMDEX19 #MilitaryEnthusiast #MilitaryGeek #StealthFrigate #RSSSupreme #SurpassingAllAlways #RSSFortitude #LMV #LittoralMissionVessel #185SQN #182SQN #SwiftandSure #SharpandVigilant #Singapore #HMASCanberra #AustralianNavy #HelicopterCarrier #MRH90 #TigerARH #Airbus #Nikon #NikonD500 #PlanesPatchesPeople (at Changi Naval Base) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1oVMoehoM2/?igshid=1q3l1egu2f4lg
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