List of active Croatian Navy ships

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This is a list of active Croatian Navy ships. As of 2013, the Croatian Navy operates over 30 vessels including five missile boats which, along with three MOL coastal defence batteries, represent its main offensive capability.

Due to constant reductions of the defence budget and the ongoing financial crisis, acquisition of new ships has proven to be problematic. The latest ships to enter service with the Croatian Navy were two used Helsinki-class missile boats, which were acquired as an offset agreement to the Croatian purchase of Patria AMV vehicles. ^[1]

Domestic production programs were limited to continuing existing Yugoslav designs and building a single missile boat (Kralj Dmitar Zvonimir) and a small mine hunter (Korčula), both of which took several years to complete.

Plans to start production of domestic patrol vessels (much needed for guarding the 6000 km long coastline) have been reduced and postponed over time ^{[2] [3] [4]} with newest plans to start a prototype in 2015. The tender was in May 2014 and as projected, the first vessel will enter service in 2015. The second one will follow in 2016, the third and the fourth in 2017 and the last one in 2018. The units are projected to cost around 10 million euros each. ^[5]

Missile boats

Class	Picture	Ship	No.	Comm.	No.	Notes
Missile boats (5 in service)
Končar class		Šibenik	RTOP-21	(1978) 28 September 1991	Yugoslavia	former JRM Vlado Ćetković (RTOP-21) captured by Croatian forces in Šibenik during the Battle of the Barracks
Helsinki class		Vukovar  [ hr ]	RTOP-41	(1985) 26 January 2009	Finland	former Finnish Navy Oulu (62) acquired in 2008 as part of an offset agreement.
		Dubrovnik  [ hr ]	RTOP-42	(1986) 26 January 2009		former Finnish Navy Kotka (63) acquired in 2008 as part of an offset agreement.
Kralj class		Kralj Petar Krešimir IV	RTOP-11	1992	Croatia	laid down as Sergej Mašera for the JRM captured unfinished by Croatian forces during the Battle of the Barracks
		Kralj Dmitar Zvonimir	RTOP-12	2001		laid down in 1993 and launched in 2001 features a longer hull and modified bridge

Patrol boats

Class	Picture	Ship	No.	Comm.	Displacement	Note
Patrol boats (6 in service)
Mirna class		Novigrad  [ hr ]	OB-01	(1980) 1991	143 tonnes
		Šolta	OB-02	(1983) 1991
		Cavtat  [ hr ]	OB-03	(1984) 1991
		Hrvatska Kostajnica  [ hr ]	OB-04	(1985) 1991
Omiš class		Omiš  [ hr ]	OB-31	7 December 2018 [6]	216 tonnes	Prototype boat with slight differences compared to other boats in the class. Design developed by Marine and Energy Solutions DIV d.o.o. from Zagreb and built by Brodosplit. [7] [8]
		Umag	OB-32	17 January 2025 [9]	216 tonnes	Launched on 1 July 2024 and entered service on 17 January 2025. Slightly modified compared to OB-31. Three more boats in the series being constructed. [10] Design developed by Marine and Energy Solutions DIV d.o.o. from Zagreb and built by Brodosplit.

Training vessel

Class	Picture	Ship	No.	Comm.	Type	Displacement	Note
Training vessel (1 in service)
Moma class		Andrija Mohorovičić	BŠ-72	(1972) 1994	Training ship	1,260 tonnes

Rescue vessel

Class	Picture	Ship	No.	Comm.	Type	Displacement	Note
Rescue vessel (1 in service)
Spasilac class		Faust Vrančić  [ hr ]	BS-73	(1976) 1991	Rescue ship	1,590 tonnes

Minehunter

Class	Picture	Ship	No.	Comm.	Type	Displacement	Note
Minehunter (1 in service)
Korčula class		Korčula  [ hr ]	LM-51	22 April 2006	Minehunter	180 tonnes

Landing craft and minelayers

Class	Picture	Type	Ship	No.	Comm.	Displacement	Note
Assault-landing craft and minelayers (6 in service)
Silba class		Landing ship & minelayer	Cetina  [ hr ]	DBM-81	19 February 1993	540 tonnes	ex-Rab
			Krka  [ hr ]	DBM-82	9 March 1995
Type 11	-	Landing ship & assault ship	DJB-104		(1977)
Type 22		Landing ship & assault ship	DJB-106
Type 11		Landing ship & assault ship	DJB-107		(1978)
		Auxiliary ship & landing ship	PDS-713

Auxiliary cargo vessels

Class	Picture	Type	Ship	No.	Comm.	Displacement	Note
Auxiliaries (1 in service)
		Transport ship	Meduza	PT-71	(1956)	310 tonnes

Yachts

Class	Picture	Type	Boats	Displacement	Note
Yachts (2 in service)
		Yacht	Učka
		Yacht	Čista Velika

Launch

Class	Picture	Type	Boats	Displacement	Note
Launches (3 in service)
		Diving support launch	MRB-83
		Diving support launch	MRB-51
		Transport - ceremonial launch	Krasnica

Harbour tugboats

Class	Picture	Type	Boats	Displacement	Note
Harbour tugboats (2 in service)
		Harbour tugboat	LR-71
		Harbour tugboat	LR-73

Sailboats

Class	Picture	Type	Boats	Displacement	Note
Sailboats (3 in service)
		Motor sailboat	Zrinka
Salona 37		Motor sailboat	Katarina Zrinska
Salona 45		Motor sailboat	Kraljica Jelena

See also

• Croatia portal

• List of ships of the Yugoslav Navy

References

1. "Patria Delivered Two Helsinki-Class Missile Boats to Croatia". deagel.com. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
2. "Novi hrvatski ophodni brodovi za ZERP gradit će se u Kraljevici". poslovni.hr. February 11, 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
3. "Vlada pokrenula proces nabave ophodnih brodova". obris.org. September 13, 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
4. "Prvi obalni ophodni brod gradit će se u domaćem škveru". dalje.com. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
5. "Pokrenuta nabava obalnih ophodnih brodova (OOB) - 1+4". Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
6. "Croatia takes delivery of first locally-built inshore patrol vessel 'Omiš' - Naval Today".
7. "Četiri ophodna broda - ponos projektanata". Croatian Radiotelevision . Retrieved 20 September 2023.
8. "M.E.S - DIV Group" . Retrieved 20 September 2023.
9. "Splitski Brodosplit isporučio HRM-u ophodni brod 'Umag' vrijednosti 5,7 milijuna eura, čekali smo ga samo 11 godina" . Retrieved 17 January 2025.
10. https://www.morh.hr/ministar-anusic-obalni-ophodni-brod-tek-je-pocetak-modernizacije-hrm-a/