Global InformationPNA Doctor Manuel Mantilla information
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| History | |
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 (Prefectura Naval Argentina)Argentina | |
| Name | Doctor Manuel Mantilla |
| Namesake | Manuel Florencio Mantilla |
| Builder | Empresa Nacional Bazán, El Ferrol, Spain |
| Laid down | 1981 |
| Launched | 1981 |
| Completed | 1983 |
| Commissioned | 1983 |
| Homeport | Buenos Aires |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service as of 2016 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Mantilla-class patrol boat |
| Type | Offshore Patrol Boat |
| Displacement | 980 tons |
| Length | 66.50 m (218.2 ft) |
| Beam | 10.6 m (34.8 ft) |
| Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft) |
| Installed power | 5,000 ihp (3,700 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft, 2 × Bazán-MTU 16V-956 marine diesel engines |
| Speed | max 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Range | 3650 nautical miles |
| Complement | 38 |
| Armament | 1 × 40 mm (1.6 in) L/70 Bofors AA gun |
| Notes | Career and characteristics data from “Histarmar” [1] website. |
PNA Doctor Manuel Mantilla (GC-24) is the lead ship of the Mantilla-class of patrol boats in service with the Argentine Naval Prefecture,[note 1] built at the Empresa Nacional Bazán shipyards and commissioned in 1983. The vessel is named after Manuel Florencio Mantilla, an Argentine politician who promoted the first law creating the PNA; she is the first ship of this service with this name.[1]
- ^ a b "Guardacostas Marítimo Clase Halcón II "MANTILLA" GC-24". Histarmar - Historia y Arqueología Marítima (in Spanish). Argentina: Fundación Histarmar. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
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