Mantilla-class patrol vessel

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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

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

Description[]

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The class was developed by the Spanish company Empresa Nacional Bazán in 1982. 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).

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

Ships[]

• PNA Doctor Manuel Mantilla (GC-24) (1982)
• PNA Azopardo (GC-25) (1982)
• PNA Thompson (GC-26) (1983)
• PNA Prefecto Fique (GC-27) (1983)
• PNA Prefecto Derbes (GC-28) (1983)

Gallery[]

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  PNA Azopardo (GC-25) during overhaul

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  PNA Thompson (GC-26)

See also[]

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

References[]

Notes[]

Bibliography[]

• Faulkner, K. (1999) Jane's Warship Recognition Guide. 2nd Edition. London: Harper Collins Publishers.
• Friedman, N. (1997) The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems, 1997-1998. US Naval Institute Press.
• Wertheim, E. (2007) Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems. 15 edition. US Naval Institute Press.

External links[]

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• El guardacostas “Mantilla” de la Prefectura Naval Argentina - RiaNet (in Spanish)
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