Croatian Navy takes delivery of new patrol vessel

The Croatian Navy took delivery of the newbuild patrol vessel Omiš in a formal ceremony on Friday, December 7.

The 43.25-metre vessel’s armament includes a 30-millimetre naval gun, two 12.7-millimetre machine guns, and man-portable surface-to-air missiles.

Omiš is the lead ship of a planned five patrol vessels of the Croatian Navy’s Obalni Ophodni Brod-class.

It will undergo another five months of trials before it begins operational sailing.


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