In 2015 Andrija Mohorovovičić deployed to southern Italy to participate in Operation Triton, rescuing immigrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea into the European Union.

The ship returned to Croatia after three months, rescuing over 2,500 immigrants during the course of its deployment Andrija Mohorovičić was built in 1971 at the Gdańsk Shipyard in what was then the Polish People's Republic.

Propulsion consists of two Zgoda-Sulzer 6TD48 diesel engines rated at 3,300 horsepower (2,500 kW) and mounted on two shafts, giving the ship a speed of 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph).

Traveling at a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) the ship has a range of 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi).

[3] From October 1990, Andrija Mohorovičić was in Šibenik undergoing an overhaul and conversion to a training ship intended as a replacement for Galeb.