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Croatian Navy commissions second Omiš-class inshore patrol craft

By Kate Tringham |

Croatian Navy patrol ship Umag is commissioned into service on 17 January 2025. (Croatian Navy)

The Croatian Navy has commissioned its second Omiš-class inshore patrol craft (IPC), Umag (OOB 32), into service.

A ceremony to mark the occasion was held in Split, Croatia on 17 January, the Croatian Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed on X (formerly Twitter) the same day.

Laid down in September 2020 and launched in July 2024, Umag is the second of a new class of five Omiš-class IPCs being built by Brodosplit Shipyard under a contract awarded by the Croatian MoD in December 2014.

The new vessels are intended to support a wide range of coastguard missions, including surveillance and security of the Croatian littoral, support for island populations, and search-and-rescue operations.

Under the original contract terms all five units were planned to be completed by 2024; however, the programme has been subject to delays that have resulted in Umag's commissioning coming six years after that of the lead ship.

First-of-class Omiš (OOB 31)was laid down in September 2015, launched in June 2017, and commissioned into service in December 2018. The vessel was declared operational in May 2019 after extensive trials and a workup period, and in February 2020 the Croatian MoD approved the construction of the four remaining Omiš IPCs.

All four ships started construction in 2020: Umag and third ship Karlobag (OOB 33) were laid down on 2 September 2020, while Opatija (OOB 34) and Skradin (OOB 35), the fourth and fifth ships, were laid down on 17 November 2020.

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