Overview
- The Republic of Singapore Navy launched its second Victory‑class Multi‑Role Combat Vessel, Valour, at ST Engineering’s Benoi Shipyard on Thursday, July 23, 2026.
- Valour is a roughly 150‑metre, 8,000‑tonne warship designed to act as a mothership for unmanned aerial, surface and underwater systems and to serve as a command ship with long endurance and range.
- ST Engineering said lessons from the first ship let teams build and launch Valour three months faster, and steel was cut three months earlier for the third and fourth hulls, showing an accelerated build tempo.
- Valour will move into outfitting, platform and combat‑systems integration and acceptance trials while a pioneer MRCV crew begins training to operationalise the ship over the coming years.
- The programme, led by DSTA with DSO and ST Engineering, aims to replace the older missile corvettes, strengthen protection of Singapore’s sea lines of communication and deliver six MRCVs progressively from 2028.