''Andrija Mohorovičić'' (

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used as a

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by the

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( hr, Hrvatska ratna mornarica – HRM). The ship was built by the

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in 1971 for use by the Hydrographic Institute of the

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. At the start of the

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, the ship was captured by Croatian forces and commissioned in the HRM in 1993. Since then, the ship has been used as a training ship and a patrol boat of the

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. In 2015 ''Andrija Mohorovovičić'' deployed to southern

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to participate in

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, rescuing immigrants attempting to cross the

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into the

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. The ship returned to Croatia after three months, rescuing over 2,500 immigrants during the course of its deployment

Design and building

''Andrija Mohorovičić'' was built in 1971 at the

in what was then the

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. It measures in length, has a draught of , a

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and a full displacement of . Propulsion consists of two Zgoda-Sulzer 6TD48

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s rated at and mounted on two shafts, giving the ship a speed of . Traveling at a speed of the ship has a range of . The crew numbers 27 members, four of which are officers. Its sole armament consists of two single-barreled guns. The ship is also equipped with a crane and a launch.

Service history

''Andrija Mohorovičić'' was commissioned in the

on 10 September 1972, and was assigned to the Navy's Hydrographic Institute under the command of Đuro Pojer. From October 1990, ''Andrija Mohorovičić'' was in Šibenik undergoing an overhaul and conversion to a training ship intended as a replacement for . The outbreak of the

, however, led to the ship being captured by Croatian forces in September 1991. Work on the conversion was completed by late 1993 and the ship was commissioned in the

in January 1994 with Renato Žarković as its first commander in Croatian service.

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Design and building

Service history

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