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

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

Gallery

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