RSS Courageous

Sister ship RSS Dauntless (99)
History
Singapore
NameRSS Courageous
BuilderST Engineering (Marine)
Launched9 September 1995
Commissioned5 October 1996
IdentificationPennant number: 96
Fate
  • Damaged in a collision on 3 January 2003
  • Removed from service in May 2003
General characteristics
Class & typeFearless-class patrol vessel
Displacement500 t (490 long tons; 550 short tons)
Length55.0 m (180 ft 5 in)
Beam8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draught2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
PropulsionMTU 12 V 595 TE 90 diesel engines coupled to ZF gear boxes driving 2× Kamewa Waterjets
SpeedIn excess of 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Sensors &
processing systems
  • Search radar: IAI/ELTA EL/M-2228(X) (E/F band)
  • Navigation radar: Kelvin Hughes 1007 (I band)
  • Sonar: Thales Underwater Systems TSM 2362 Gudgeon hull-mounted medium frequency active sonar (first 6 ships)
  • Weapon control: Elbit MSIS optronic director
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • ESM: Elisra NS 9010C intercept
  • Decoys: 2 × GEC Marine Shield III 102 mm sextuple fixed chaff launchers
Armament

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.