The ship's crew consisted of 49 members of the Croatian Armed Forces and five border police officers, who upon disembarking were welcomed by a round of loud applause from their families and Navy members who lined up to welcome them.
Defence Minister Ante Kotromanovic thanked the crew and their commanders for a job well done and for their having represented Croatia in the best possible way.
He said that he was very satisfied with how the vessel had contributed to the operation.
Kotromanovic said that next year another Croatian Navy ship would again participate in Operation Triton.
He recalled that this year construction work would start on the first Coast Guard patrol boat and that next year a project would be launched to build a patrol boat to control the sea beyond the coastal area.
"We need such a boat because we are facing new challenges at sea - border security, admission to the Schengen area, different types of migration... Problems that are yet to come will require major efforts on our part, investments in the Croatian Navy, and we will do it," Kotromanovic said in his address to the Navy members attending the welcome ceremony.
Kotromanovic said that aside from participating in Operation Triton in the Mediterranean, Croatia had also been involved in dealing with problems faced by refugees and migrants travelling to western and northern Europe from Turkey, Greece, Macedonia and Serbia via Croatia and Hungary.
"So far more than 320,000 people have passed through Croatia and we did not have a single incident. We have shown to be an organised state and to be capable of managing crises in the Mediterranean and in Croatia."
Kotromanovic added that at the reception centre in Slavonski Brod Croatia "has provided the best conditions for work and communication of all the countries in the region."