RSS Courageous
Sister ship RSS Dauntless (99) | |
| History | |
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| Name | RSS Courageous |
| Builder | ST Engineering (Marine) |
| Launched | 9 September 1995 |
| Commissioned | 5 October 1996 |
| Identification | Pennant number: 96 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Fearless-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 500 t (490 long tons; 550 short tons) |
| Length | 55.0 m (180 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | 2× MTU 12 V 595 TE 90 diesel engines coupled to ZF gear boxes driving 2× Kamewa Waterjets |
| Speed | In excess of 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
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RSS Courageous (96) was a Fearless-class patrol vessel of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). The ship was commissioned in 1996. She was involved in a collision on 3 January 2003 with a merchant vessel ANL Indonesia off Horsburgh Lighthouse (Pedra Branca) which resulted in the death of four female RSN sailors.