Mantilla-class patrol vessel

Mantilla-class patrol vessels are offshore patrol vessels in use by the Argentine Coast Guard since 1983.

PNA Doctor Manuel Mantilla
Class overview
Name	Mantilla (Halcón II)
Builders	Empresa Nacional Bazán
Operators	Prefectura Naval Argentina
Built	5
In service	5
Active	5
General characteristics
Type	Offshore patrol vessel
Displacement	1,084 tons (normal load)
Length	67.0 m (219 ft 10 in)
Beam	10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Height	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Draught	3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	2 Diesel electric drive MTU 16V. 956 9,000 hp (6,700 kW)
Speed	21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) (maximum)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).
Troops	0
Crew	38
Armament	1 × 40 mm L70 Bofors DP 2 × 12.7 mm machine gun
Aircraft carried	1 AS.365 Dauphin or 1 AS.350 Écureuil helicopters
Aviation facilities	One helicopter hangar and helipad

Description

The class was developed by the Spanish company Empresa Nacional Bazán in 1982.^{[citation needed]}

It is a multi-role patrol craft with twin funnels and a helicopter deck. These ships have main armament (40 mm L70 DP gun) at B position^{[further explanation needed]}. Ships of the Mantilla class were the first vessels of the Argentine Coast Guard able to operate on board helicopters (AS.365 Dauphin or AS.350 Écureuil).^{[citation needed]}

Starting 2014 the ships of the class undergone a modernization program at Tandanor which will extend its operating life for 30 years^[1][2]

List of vessels

Name	Pennant No.	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Status	References
Doctor Manuel Mantilla	GC-24	Empresa Nacional Bazán	June 1981	5 April 1983	In service	[3]
Azopardo	GC-25		October 1981	15 July 1983		[4]
Thompson	GC-26		December 1981	26 August 1983		[5]
Prefecto Fique	GC-27		February 1982	18 November 1983		[6]
Prefecto Derbes	GC-28		June 1982	14 March 1984

Gallery

• 
  PNA Azopardo (GC-25) during overhaul
• 
  PNA Thompson (GC-26)

See also

• Uribe-class patrol vessel
• Sinking of Chian-der 3