title: RSS Valour
text: # RSS Valour
  
  RSS Valour (89) is the second ship of the Victory-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.
  
  ## Construction and career
  
  Victory was launched on 10 December 1988 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 18 August 1990.
  
  ### Exercise Tandem Thrust 1999
  
  In 1999, RSS Valour was sent to Guam in preparation for Exercise Tandem Thrust '99.
  
  ### SIMBEX 2014
  
  From 22 to 24 May, RSS Valour and RSS Independence participated in the SIMBEX-2014.
  
  ### Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501
  
  In December 2014, Persistence 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 Supreme, Valour, and Kallang, MV Swift Rescue, and two Lockheed C-130H Hercules.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * RSS Valour in Guam during Exercise Tandem Thrust 1999
  * RSS Valour during SIMBEX 2014
  