RSS Supreme


RSS Supreme is the sixth ship of the Formidable-class stealth frigate of the Republic of [Singapore Navy].

Construction and career

RSS Supreme was built by ST Marine Engineering company in Singapore in the late 2000s. Supreme was commissioned on 16 January 2009.

RIMPAC 2010

RSS Supreme participated in RIMPAC 2010 from 23 June to 1 August 2010. RSS Supreme fired her Aster 15 Surface-to-Air Missile off the coast of Hawaii. Chief of Navy Rear-Admiral Chew Men Leong was on board to observe the live-firing exercises.

CARAT 2011

, RSS Stalwart and RSS Supreme conducted a joint exercise with USS Chung-Hoon on 23 August 2011.

Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501

In December 2014, Supreme was deployed in the search for Airasia Flight QZ8501 after it crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December 2014; along with the RSN ships Persistence (209)|Persistence], Valour, and Kallang, MV Swift Rescue, and two Lockheed C-130H Hercules.

PASSEX 2016

The Republic of Singapore Navy and the Royal Australian Navy conducted a passage exercise which consists of RSS Supreme, HMAS Darwin and HMAS Adelaide. One of HMAS Adelaide's MRH-90 helicopter lands on Supreme deck.
On 6 April 2018, RSS Supreme and RSS Valiant underwent alongside USS Sampson and USS [Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)|USS Theodore Roosevelt] off Singapore.
RSS Supreme and USNS Carl Brasher conducted a replenish at sea on 26 June 2020.

RIMPAC 2020

RSS Supreme joined HMAS Stuart, HMAS Sirius, USS Rafael Peralta and KDB Darulehsan on their way to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in preparation for RIMPAC 2020 on 6 August. RIMPAC 2020 is scheduled to start on 17 August.

2024

Following a collision and resulting fire 30 nautical miles northeast of Pedra Branca between product tanker Hafnia Nile and shadow fleet VLCC tanker Ceres I, causing an immediate evacuation of the Hafnia Nile, RSS Supreme was the first to arrive and picked up 16 crewmembers from the Hafnia Nile while six others were rescued from a life raft by another ship and transferred to the Supreme for transport to Singapore.

SIMBEX 2025

The ship represented the Singapore Navy alongside and MV Mentor while the Indian Navy was represented by. This was the 32nd edition of the naval exercise — SIMBEX — and was hosted by Singapore between 28 July and 1 August 2025. The Republic of [Singapore Air Force] also participated in the exercise with an S-70B Seahawk naval helicopter, two Fokker-50 maritime patrol aircraft and two F-15SG fighter aircraft. The harbour phase was held at RSS Singapura base and was followed by a sea phase held in the southern parts of South China Sea. During the sea phase, the participating forces carried out advanced warfare drills, including gunnery firings, air defence exercises, and maritime security operations. The sea phase concluded with a ceremonial sail-past by the participating ships.