Croatian patrol boat Šolta (OB-02)
Šolta (pennant number OB-02) is a Mirna-class patrol boat in service with the Croatian Navy. Completed during the 1980s as Mukos (PČ-176), it was the sixth ship of a class that was being built for the Yugoslav Navy in the Kraljevica Shipyard.
Šolta in the Lora Naval base in August 2011. | |
| History | |
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| Yugoslavia | |
| Name | Mukos |
| Builder | Tito's Shipyard Kraljevica, Kraljevica, SR Croatia |
| Launched | 18 November 1982 |
| Out of service | 14 November 1991 |
| Identification | PČ-176 |
| Croatia | |
| Name | Šolta |
| Namesake | Šolta (island) |
| Operator | Croatian Navy |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1992 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Mirna-class patrol boat |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 32 m (105 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 6.75 m (22 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) |
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| Speed | Maximum: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in)/1 D70 gun |
During the Croatian War of Independence, Mukos was part of a tactical group tasked with enforcing a naval blockade of the city of Split. On 14 November 1991, Croatian Navy commandos disabled the vessel with an improvised torpedo, leaving the vessel drifting and abandoned by her crew. The crippled ship was then tugged away by Croatian locals to the nearby island of Šolta. She was subsequently repaired and entered service with the Croatian Navy as Šolta. As of 2014, Šolta remains in service with the Croatian Coast Guard, an integral part of the navy.