The "Andrija Mohorovicic", under the command of Lt Stjepan Giljevic, will support Italian forces guarding the sea border and saving migrants. Operation Triton, requested by the Italian authorities, was launched on 1 November 2014 in the central Mediterranean. Croatia is one of the 27 European countries taking part in the operation.
The "Andrija Mohorovicic" is a Croatian Navy ship built in 1971 in Gdansk, Poland.