Mantilla-class patrol vessel

PNA Doctor Manuel Mantilla (GC-24)
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 m (220 ft)
Beam: 10.5 m (34 ft)
Height: 5.9 m (19 ft)
Draught: 3.25 m (10.7 ft)
Propulsion: 2 Diesel electric drive MTU 16V. 956 9, 000 HP.
Speed: 21.5 knots (maximum)
Range: 5,000 NM at 18 kts.
Troops: 0
Crew: 38
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
Aviation facilities: One helicopter hangar and Helipad

Mantilla class patrol vessels are offshore patrol vessels use by the Argentine Coast Guard. 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. 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 Thompson (GC-26)

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Works beginning on the third Mantilla class ship
  2. ↑ Modernización del guardacostas GC 28 Prefecto Derbes

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