1 dead, 3 missing in S'pore Naval ship mishap
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heng ur fren is ok. . .Originally posted by nick34:my frenz was on board this ship when it crush ... only got home yesterday ... -
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/28867/1/.html
Dead Singapore navy servicewoman identified as CPL Goh Hui Ling, 22
By Lee Foong Ming
The body of the servicewoman recovered from the RSS Courageous has been identified as 22-year-old Corporal Goh Hui Ling, a graduate in Electronics and Computer Engineering from the Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Corporal Goh joined the Republic of Singapore Navy in 2001, MINDEF said in a statement.
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Navy divers recovered her body at about 4 pm Saturday, sandwiched between the bunks in the women's sleeping quarters.
She was one of four servicewomen trapped in the flooded aft compartment of the Republic of Singapore Navy's RSS Courageous, which was involved in a collision with the Dutch-registered ANL Indonesia late on Friday in the eastern Singapore Straits near Pedra Branca.
It is believed she is the first woman to die while on military duty in the history of the Singapore Armed Forces.
MINDEF and the SAF have extended their deepest condolences to CPL Goh's family.
Intensive efforts are still underway to locate the three remaining servicewomen who were also in their sleeping quarters at the time of the collision.
The operation involves draining the water from the extensively damaged RSS Courageous, which is now berthed at the Changi Naval Base.
Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan said Saturday that search and rescue operations at the scene of the collision near Pedra Branca will also continue.
But he has cautioned Singaporeans to be prepared for the worst. -
ya the news reported it yesterdae..Originally posted by Si|verGer:all is females arhz>? i tot only 1 duhzzzz
nw the female population in sg is getting lesser. . .
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really sad/disappointed to hear tat !
RSS Courageous bo zo gang ! radar/navigation system so well still lang ga ! wat happen anyway man ! must investigate as to ans 4 the servicewoman !
might as well change to RSS Discourageous liao ! -
on behalf of my fren i thank you.Originally posted by jOhO:yeah u're right.. pple get too caught up with pointing fingers..
*minute of silence for the tragically deceased* -
good luck and send my regards to your fren thou i donno him/her..Originally posted by nick34:my frenz was on board this ship when it crush ... only got home yesterday ...
my fren was not that lucky. -
saw the news on tv... ermm... see alot of senior officers erm... are my frenz. Lolx..
erm... *griefing* -
It is a tragic that it happen. My condolences to the family members.
But I seen more when I was still serving the army.But just becos can be cover up or more likely the reporters cannot report, they werent even in the news. Silence come silence go.....haiz. -
Anti-sub Navy vessel cannot see Big Ship?????
Anti-sub Navy vessel that are suppose to detect submarine invasion...we are talking about sub under water...cannot be seem...yet these vessel cannot even see or detect a large container ship coming for it.
Engine problem? Cannot be, the kiasu Govt will have scream about it.
Hmmm...why on earth is a vessel build for 30 personnel carry 44 people???!!! -
so sad. . .v scarey leh. . =(Originally posted by Ah^ken:ya the news reported it yesterdae..
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Yes, if they chose to set the radar initially.Originally posted by jOhO:i'm no nautical expert.. but dun the ships have radar or something to warn each other on an impending collision? -
Yah lor, the large vessel is so huge that it's 293 metres in length, aroung the size of 3 football fields, it will take the ship around 1km to bring it down to 0 knots. the RSS couraegeous could just change it's course within a few seconds.. but I think the RSS Couraegeous is parking in the water.. sigh.
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There are a lot of possibilities. Let's not speculate.Originally posted by gogogogo:No matter who is at fault, i personally feel that anyone as a soldier manning a battleship like Courageous, should be proactive before the collision. If the radars, sonars, and navigating equipments are all in working condition, and the weather is calm enough, the only possibility lies only in the fault of the navigator on duty at that point of time!
They can always let the TITAN pass first. They can radio back to HQ, slow down or even stop the whole ship. The captain could have awaken the others or sounded the alarm...lots of possibilities and actions that can be taken IF someone is watching the seas at that moment!
Through this incident i hope that the RSN will really look into what's going on in squadron level.
I am not in the navy, but i know that going out alone at sea could be a taxing ordeal, especially when you are with a mission and not on a holiday. I was wondering why there were only 4 members of the crew resting at that moment? Does that mean that the others were all on duty?
Let's get into this scenerio. If the duty rooster were to be plan in such a way that the Captain breaks up the whole crew into more shifts but with lesser personnel on duty with each shift, then we can have more resting hours per crewman and thus when it is time for them to be on the lookout, they may have had more rest and higher alertness. -
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veri true....now is not the rite time to speculate.....as i also say liao..wait till the offical report out then say....Originally posted by xavier1979:There are a lot of possibilities. Let's not speculate. -
haiz read the new v sad leh 1 of the ger who pass away is getting marry soon den pass away in tis tragic. . .
another juz broke off wif bf. . .
while the other is ard her bd. . . -
Ships have radar to detect any objects in the area.But all radar have a minimum distance where objects are not detected.Originally posted by jOhO:i'm no nautical expert.. but dun the ships have radar or something to warn each other on an impending collision? -
I will be attending her funeral tomolo with Millenium and some other ex-colleagues.I wonder how her bf must feel.Originally posted by Si|verGer:haiz read the new v sad leh 1 of the ger who pass away is getting marry soon den pass away in tis tragic. . .
another juz broke off wif bf. . .
while the other is ard her bd. . . -
Au contraire.Seeing the damage done,i am surprise the ship didn't sink.In fact,kudos must be given to the crew who reacted swiftly to contain the leakage and to the person who gave the decision to shut off the compartment to prevent the rest of the ships from being flooded,even though there may be people inside there.Originally posted by kim_hwoarang:really sad/disappointed to hear tat !
RSS Courageous bo zo gang ! radar/navigation system so well still lang ga ! wat happen anyway man ! must investigate as to ans 4 the servicewoman !
might as well change to RSS Discourageous liao ! -
My ex-colleague was not lucky too.She was supposed to get married soon too.Originally posted by anfuni:good luck and send my regards to your fren thou i donno him/her..
my fren was not that lucky. -
The 14 extra personnel are probably attached personnel who are just trainees there to serve out their training phase.The 30 personnel only include operational personnel,not training.Anyway,i don't see why ladies can't serve onboard ships unless you are a closet MCP who thinks ladies should be in the kitchen.As for a friday night,patrolling the seas is a 24/7 day job.Policemen work on friday night,so do bus drivers.Do you expect any less from the SAF?Anyway,have some respect for the dead or are you severely lacking in humanity?Originally posted by cwill:Hmmm...why on earth is a vessel build for 30 personnel carry 44 people???!!! Including ladies some more. On a friday night? Extra training? Or 14 extra pros providing extra service to the captain & crews? -
Originally posted by sgboy2004:
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Prayers for the missing before i sleep
/May they be [b]found, alive and well, Aman
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Hope. -
my friend said that the weather condition very bad...rain rain rain...
They going to stand down maybe in two days time. -
think her bf muz b v lost. . .tis incident happen too sudden. . .loss at wordsOriginally posted by moose:I will be attending her funeral tomolo with Millenium and some other ex-colleagues.I wonder how her bf must feel. -
Can see on her bf sad face just now.Originally posted by moose:I will be attending her funeral tomolo with Millenium and some other ex-colleagues.I wonder how her bf must feel.