A model of the MRCV, on display for the first time at IMDEX 2025 in Singapore. The programme’s first of class is slated to be launched in October 2025. (Janes/Ridzwan Rahmat)
Singapore is set to launch the first of its new multirole combat vessels (MRCVs) in October, marking a major milestone in the Republic of Singapore Navy’s (RSN’s) fleet renewal programme.
Its launch comes just one year after the keel for the first vessel was laid down in October 2024, and just months after steel was cut for the second ship in April 2025.
Singapore established the MRCV programme to replace the RSN’s ageing Victory-class corvettes, which have been in service since 1990.
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