Mantilla-class patrol vessel

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

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

References

Notes

1. "Works beginning on the third Mantilla class ship". Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
2. Modernización del guardacostas GC 28 Prefecto Derbes
3. "GC-24". www.histarmar.com.ar. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
4. "GC-25". www.histarmar.com.ar. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
5. "GC-26". www.histarmar.com.ar. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
6. "GC-27". www.histarmar.com.ar. Retrieved 2023-07-07.

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

• 6. КОРВЕТЫ И ПАТРУЛЬНЫЕ КОРАБЛИ (FFL, PS) - ВОЕННЫЙ ПАРИТЕТ ^[usurped] (in Russian)
• Historia y Arqueologia Marítima - Prefectura (in Spanish)
• Halcón (in Spanish)
• Modernizarán este año el buque escuela de Prefectura
• El guardacostas “Mantilla” de la Prefectura Naval Argentina - RiaNet (in Spanish)
• Mantilla class - Helicopter Database