In attendance was President Stjepan Mesic, who had been part of the convoy which broke through the ex-Yugoslav Navy's blockade of Dubrovnik after sailing 36 hours from Rijeka in the northern Adriatic to Dubrovnik in the south.
Mesic said that late October 1991 had been an extremely difficult period for Croatia as all its cities were being attacked, with Vukovar and Dubrovnik hit the hardest.
Recalling the 80-ship convoy Libertas, Mesic said the whole Croatia had been at Dubrovnik's side as the ships made their way from Rijeka.
He thanked the veterans who had defended Dubrovnik and Croatia, underlining that the crimes the aggressor committed in the Konavle region and the cities of Cavtat and Dubrovnik must not go unpunished.
Mesic wondered how it was possible that the ex-Yugoslav army's military leadership, which had led all the operations at that time, had not been indicted yet.
"The defence of Dubrovnik and Croatian solidarity once again showed that a people fighting for freedom cannot be defeated," Mesic said, adding that the Croatia of today wanted to adopt European democratic standards which were in the interest of all its citizens.
Speeches were delivered also by city and county officials as well as the convoy's leader, Slobodan Lang.
President Mesic presented a Commendation to the Command of the Navy Sector Dubrovnik and attended a parade of the Navy's War Unit, while 380 Navy members from Dubrovnik were decorated.