In Croatian Service
Two of the vessels were sold to the Croatian Navy for a symbolic price of €9 million (65 million kuna) as a part of an off-set deal for to the previous Croatian purchase of 126 Patria AMV vehicles.
The ships arrived in Croatia on 2 November 2008. They underwent a basic refit and repainting, and entered service in January 2009. Although well maintained, under consideration by navy officials is an air-defence upgrade. The existing Sako 23 mm/87 may be augmented or replaced by a short-range system such as French-built Mistral SAMs or Croatian-built S-10CRO-M (itself a modernized version of SA-13). According to current plans the ships are scheduled to stay active until 2020–2022.
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