Fearless-class patrol vessel

	RSS Dauntless, during the bilateral exercise MILAN 2018 with the Indian Navy.
Class overview
Name	Fearless class
Builders	ST Engineering (Marine); Abu Dhabi Ship Building PJSC;
Operators	Republic of Singapore Navy; Royal Navy of Oman; United Arab Emirates Navy; Royal Brunei Navy;
Preceded by	Swift class
Succeeded by	Independence class
Subclasses	Al-Ofouq class (Oman); Falaj-3 class (UAE);
Built	1995–1998
In commission	1996–2020 (Singapore); 2023–present (Brunei);
Completed	12
Active	2 (in Brunei service)
Lost	1 (Singapore)
Retired	11 (Singapore)
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Displacement	500 tonnes (492 long tons)
Length	55.0 metres (180 ft 5 in)
Beam	8.6 metres (28 ft 3 in)
Draught	2.7 metres (8 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2× MTU 12 V 595 TE 90 diesel engines coupled to ZF gearboxes driving 2× Kamewa waterjets
Speed	In excess of 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	1,000 nmi (1,852 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Search radar: IAI/ELTA EL/M-2228(X) (E/F band); Navigation radar: Kelvin Hughes 1007 (I band); Sonar: Thales Underwater Systems TSM 2362 Gudgeon hull-mounted medium frequency active sonar (first 6 ships); Weapon control: Elbit MSIS optronic director;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	ESM: Elisra NS 9010C intercept, Rafael C-Pearl M; Decoys: 2× GEC Marine Shield III 102 mm sextuple fixed chaff launchers;
Armament	Anti-air: Mistral missile; Anti-submarine: EuroTorp A244/S Mod 1 torpedoes (first 6 ships); Main gun: Oto Melara 76 mm gun; Machine guns: 4× STK 50MG 12.7 mm (1 in) HMG;

The Fearless-class patrol vessels were built by Singapore Technologies (ST) Marine for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) in the 1990s. Four remain in service with the RSN, as modified Sentinel-class maritime security and response vessels (MSRVs). Derivatives of the type are also in service in the navies of Brunei, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates.

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