RSS ''Tenacious'' (71) is the fourth ship of the

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of the

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Construction and career

RSS ''Tenacious'' was built by ST Marine Engineering company in

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in the late 2000s. ''Tenacious'' was commissioned on 5 February 2008.

RIMPAC 2018

RSS ''Tenacious'' arrived at

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on 25 June 2018 for RIMPAC 2018, which took place from 27 June to 2 August 2018. During the RIMPAC exercise, RSS ''Tenacious'' successfully test fired her Harpoon missiles.

Exercise PELICAN 2019

The Republic of Singapore Navy and the

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held an exercise which consists of RSS ''Tenacious'', , , , , and . All Republic of Singapore Navy ships left on 7 November 2019.

SIMTEX 2019

Singapore,

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, and

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held a Naval exercise called SIMTEX on 11 October 2019. RSS ''Tenacious'', HTMS ''Kraburi'', , , and participated in the exercise.

Exercise Indopura 2021

RSS ''Tenacious'' participated in Exercise Indopura 2021, together with the

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Exercise Pacific Griffin 2021

RSS ''Tenacious'' led three other ships, , , and to participate in Exercise Pacific Griffin 2021, together with the

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. The two month long exercise involved numerous assets, including 2 F15SG fighter jets to conduct a joint missile firing together with her sister ship RSS ''Stalwart''. In addition, the participating ships conducted Aster missile firing and torpedo firing exercises.

Exercise MILAN 2022

RSS ''Tenacious'' participated in Exercise MILAN, a multinational exercise involving more than 30 nations organised by the

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. During the sea phase, RSS ''Tenacious'' participated in air defence, gunnery, and anti-submarine warfare drills, together with the multinational task force.

Exercise SIMBEX 2024

The ship also participated in the 31st edition of Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) whose Harbour and Sea phase was conducted from 23 to 25 October 2024 and from 28 to 29 October 2024 at

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's INS Shivalik was also a part of the exercise.

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