RSS Supreme
# RSS Supreme

RSS Supreme (73) 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 around the late in the 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 (SAM) 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 Vigour, 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, 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's deck.

On 6 April 2018, RSS Supreme and RSS Valiant underwent alongside USS Sampson and 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.

## Gallery

* RSS Supreme Gallery
* RSS Supreme passes by JS Atago in Pearl Harbor during RIMPAC 2010.
* RSS Supreme alongside USS Freedom during RIMPAC 2010.
* An MH-60S helicopter from USS Freedom approaches RSS Supreme during RIMPAC 2010.
* An MH-60S helicopter from USS Freedom approaches RSS Supreme during RIMPAC 2010.
