The Mirna class (referred to as the Type 171 in some sources) is a class of eleven

patrol boat A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence, border security, or law enforcement. There are many designs for patrol boats, and the ...

s built for the

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( sh, Jugoslavenska ratna mornarica - JRM) by the Tito's Kraljevica Shipyard. Intended as a replacement for the earlier Type 131 boats, the new class was completed during the early 1980s and commissioned in the JRM Maritime Border Brigade. Following the outbreak of the

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, two boats were damaged and subsequently captured by Croatian forces, while another two were captured in the Šibenik Shipyard during the

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. All four were commissioned in the

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and are in active service as of 2017. The remaining seven boats were relocated to

Boka Kotorska The Bay of Kotor ( Montenegrin and Serbian: , Italian: ), also known as the Boka, is a winding bay of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Montenegro and the region of Montenegro concentrated around the bay. It is also the southernmost part of the hi ...

where they became part of the Navy of FR Yugoslavia. All seven were decommissioned during the early 2000s: two were handed over to the Ministry of Interior and scrapped in 2012 after seeing little service, while the remaining five were sold off to civilian owners.

Boats

References

{{Yugoslav Ships , state=collapsed Patrol boat classes Ships of the Yugoslav Navy Croatian Navy Montenegrin Navy Ships built in Yugoslavia