The Croatian Navy maintains over 30 vessels including five missile boats which, along with three MOL coastal defence batteries, represent its main offensive capability. 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.
Domestic production programs were limited to continuing existing Yugoslav designs and building a single missile boat () and a small mine hunter (Korčula), both of which took several years to complete.
Navy combat fleet +(status in former operator's navy) Class In service Origin Picture Type Builder Ship No. Comm. Displacement Notes Missile boats (5) 1 Missile boat Tito's Kraljevica Shipyard (Vlado Ćetković) RTOP-21(RTOP-402) () 260 tonnes Ship captured by Croatian forces during the Battle of Šibenik. 2 Fast attack crafts Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard (Oulu) RTOP-41(62) () 300 tonnes Purchased second-hand in 2008, as a support for the Patria AMV order. (Kotka) RTOP-41(63) () 2 Missile boat Kraljevica Shipyard (Sergej Mašera when laid down) RTOP-11 385 tonnes Captured unfinished by Croatian forces during the Battle of Šibenik. RTOP-12 Laid down in 1993. This ship features a longer hull and modified bridge Patrol boats (6) 4 Patrol boat Tito's Kraljevica Shipyard (Biokovo) OB-01(PČ-171) () 142 tonnes Boats captured during the Battle of Šibenik, except for the Šolta which was refloated and repaired by Croatia after the Battle of the Dalmatian Channels. Šolta(Mukos) OB-02(PČ-176) () (Cer) OB-03 (PČ-180) () (Durmitor) OB-04(PČ-181) () 2(+ 3 on order) Patrol boat Shipyard: BrodosplitDesigner: Marine and Energy Solutions DIV d.o.o. (Zagreb) OB-31 269 tonnes Prototype boat. Umag OB-32 https://www.morh.hr/ministar-anusic-obalni-ophodni-brod-tek-je-pocetak-modernizacije-hrm-a/First of the serial production boats. Landing crafts (5) 2 Landing ship (ro-ro)(minelayer as secondary role) Brodosplit DBM-81 945 tonnes /540 tonnes Project initiated under Yugoslavian leadership. DBM-82 Type 21 class 2 Landing / assault craft Montmontaža Greben shipyard – DJB-104(DJC-615) () 32 tonnes Boats captured by Croatia. – DJB-107(DJC-613) () Type 22 class 1 Landing / assault craft Montmontaža Greben shipyard – DJB-106(DJC-624) () 43 tonnes Minehunters (1) Korčula class 1 Coastal minehunter Montmontaža Greben shipyard LM-51 180 tonnes
Auxiliary fleet +(status in former operator's navy) Class In service Origin Picture Type Builder Ship No. Comm. Displacement Notes Auxiliary vessels (2) 1 Transport vessel Brodotrogir (–) PT-71(–) () 350 tonnes Boat captured during the Battle of Šibenik. – 1 – Auxiliary landing craft Uljanik shipyard (Pula) – PDS-713(–) () 159 tonnes Rescue vessels (1) Spasilac class 1 Rescue ship Tito's Kraljevica Shipyard (Spasilac) BS-73(PS-12) () 1590 tonnes Tugboats (2) – 2 Harbour tugboat Brodosplit – LR-71 () 130 tonnes – LR-73 () 130 tonnes Training vessels (1) Moma class 1 Training ship Gdańsk Shipyard (Moma) BŠ-72(PH-33) () 1,260 tonnes Boat captured during the Battle of Šibenik, commissioned after conversion in 1994. Elan 431 1 – Motor sailboat (training) Elan Yachts Zrinka – 12 tonnes Salona 37 1 Motor sailboat (training) AD Brodovi Katarina Zrinski HRM-1 2004 – Salona 45 1 Motor sailboat (training) AD Brodovi Kraljica Jelena HRM-2 2008 –
Future of the Croatian Navy
Planned procurement Corvettes (2 vessels) Croatia launched a competition for the purchase of 2 corvettes. The budget goes from €660 million to €1.6 billion. Depending on the capabilities selected, the budget will be adapted. The first delivery is planned for 2029 or 2030. The competitors include: European competitors: Croatia: Brodosplit BIS-91-class corvette France: Naval Group Gowind-class corvette Germany: K130-class corvette NVL MMPV 90-clas corvette Italy: Fincantieri FcX30-class corvette Netherlands: Damen Sigma-class corvette Spain Navantia Avante 2200-class corvette Sweden: unspecified class from Saab AB Turkey:
ASFAT Hisar-class corvette Dearsan C92-class corvette United Kingdom: Babcock Arrowhead 120-light frigate class Multinational: EPC-class corvette Extra-European competitors: Israel: South Korea: unspecified class from unspecified shipyard United States: LCS-class corvette See also
List of ships of the Yugoslav Navy Navy of the Independent State of Croatia List of ships of the Royal Yugoslav Navy Austro-Hungarian Navy
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