Endurance-class landing platform dock

RSS Persistence in the Singapore Strait.
Class overview
NameEndurance
BuildersST Engineering (Marine)
Operators
Preceded byCounty class
Completed5
Active5
General characteristics
TypeLanding platform dock
Displacement
  • Standard: 6,500 t (6,400 long tons; 7,200 short tons)
  • Full load: 8,500 t (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)
Length141.0 m (462 ft 7 in)
Beam21.0 m (68 ft 11 in)
Draught5.0 m (16 ft 5 in)
Ramps2 × (bow and stern)
Installed power
Propulsion
SpeedIn excess of 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
  • 4 × 13 m (43 ft) Fast Craft Equipment & Utility (FCEU) on davits
  • 2 × 25 m (82 ft) Fast Craft Utility (FCU) inside well deck
Capacity18 tanks, 20 vehicles and bulk cargo
Troops> 350–500
Crew65 (8 officers and 57 men)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carriedAS 332M Super Puma or AS532UL/AL Cougar or CH-47SD Chinook helicopters
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck and enclosed hangar for up to 2 medium-lift helicopters
Notes
  • Ships in class include:
  • RSS Endurance (207)
  • RSS Resolution (208)
  • RSS Persistence (209)
  • RSS Endeavour (210)
  • HTMS Angthong (LPD-791)

The Endurance-class tank landing ships (LST) are the largest class of ships in the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). They were designed and built by Singapore Technologies (ST) Marine to replace the old County-class tank landing ships. The four ships form the Third Flotilla of the RSN.

  1. ^ "RSN – Assets – Weapons". Ministry of Defence (Singapore) (MINDEF). 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2010.