Posted: about 1 year ago
RSS Freedom and RSS Gallant were commissioned by then-Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Tony Tan Keng Yam on 22 August 1998 and 3 May 1997, respectively. Over the years, the ships have safeguarded Singapore’s maritime interests and territorial integrity through numerous operations at sea. They also advanced Singapore’s defence relations by participating in bilateral and multilateral exercises with foreign navies. “As part of the RSN’s 24/7 High Readiness Core, RSS Freedom and RSS Gallant each sailed 314,000 nautical miles – 12 times around the Earth – in defence of our waters and in support of Singapore’s defence relations,” Commander Maritime Security Task Force (MSTF), RADM