AN ACCOUNT OF THE RESCUE EFFORT OF RSS COURAGEOUS

• cavsg

  3 Apr 03, 16:32

  This report gives an account of the initial rescue efforts for RSS Courageous on 3 Jan 03, as seen through the eyes of the Commanding Officer (CO), ASP Tan Wee Wah, and his crew on board SPF Coastal Patrol Craft PH50 Hammerhead Shark, the first vessel to reach the scene and attend to RSS Courageous.
  
  http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna/annex/030402_rss1.htm
• spencer99

  3 Apr 03, 17:05

  Originally posted by cavsg:

  This report gives an account of the initial rescue efforts for RSS Courageous on 3 Jan 03, as seen through the eyes of the Commanding Officer (CO), ASP Tan Wee Wah, and his crew on board SPF Coastal Patrol Craft PH50 Hammerhead Shark, the first vessel to reach the scene and attend to RSS Courageous.
  
  http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna/annex/030402_rss1.htm

  Read it. Touching. Noticed that there is a large % of PNSmen in the crew.
• sgboy2004

  3 Apr 03, 17:08

  My naval colleagues
  
  
  To maintain Law & Order is my duty
  Make Police Report
  
• jammed

  3 Apr 03, 17:13

  salutes to PCG crew!
• spencer99

  3 Apr 03, 17:39

  
  It looks like PCG were at the scene quickly compared to RSN vessels. I wonder why?
  
  At the time the tugboat arrives, only one RSN vessel the "Sea Hawk" is present.
  
  
• spencer99

  3 Apr 03, 17:40

  Enlightening to see Uniformed personnel working together in a crisis.
• Atobe

  3 Apr 03, 19:46

  
  Always been told by parents to call "999" when in trouble, as it is so easy to remember.
  
  Can anyone remember the 7 digit number to MINDEF Ops Room ?
  
  
• jammed

  4 Apr 03, 07:02

  Originally posted by Atobe:

  Always been told by parents to call "999" when in trouble, as it is so easy to remember.
  
  Can anyone remember the 7 digit number to MINDEF Ops Room ?
  
  

  aiya, because when you are at home, you called the Home Team, including SCDF. Mindef Ops Rm for external threats, how often do we encounter external threats when we are at home?
  
• laser51088

  5 Apr 03, 01:38

  I read the account, very touching. . ..
  
  But what is RSS Seahawk?????????? never saw the name before.. . .
• eurofighter

  5 Apr 03, 02:06

  One of the Sea Wolf class MGBs.
  Sea Tiger
  Sea Lion
  Sea Dragon
  Sea Tiger
  Sea Scorpion
  Sea Hawk
  Sea Wolf
• APV97MCV91

  5 Apr 03, 02:37

  Originally posted by spencer99:

  It looks like PCG were at the scene quickly compared to RSN vessels. I wonder why?
  
  At the time the tugboat arrives, only one RSN vessel the "Sea Hawk" is present.
  
  

  There will normally be only 1 RSN vessel in the Singapore Straits at all times on routine patrol and Courageous happened to be the one on that day of the collision. On the other hand, there will be approximately 2 and more PCG craft out at sea at any time. Furthermore the manning requirement for each PCG craft is much lower than a RSN vessel and hence it is much easier for the crew to be recalled and for the ship to slip off.
• laser51088

  5 Apr 03, 22:01

  Originally posted by eurofighter:

  One of the Sea Wolf class MGBs.
  Sea Tiger
  Sea Lion
  Sea Dragon
  Sea Tiger
  Sea Scorpion
  Sea Hawk
  Sea Wolf

  OOOOOPS, yah. . . how could i miss it. .