PNA Azopardo (GC-25) is a Mantilla-class patrol boat of the Argentine Naval Prefecture,[note 1] built at the Empresa Nacional Bazán shipyards and commissioned in 1983.

[note 2][1] Azopardo is one of five Mantilla-class patrol boats ordered by the Argentine Naval Prefecture (PNA) in 1981, corresponding to the coast guard cutter “Halcon II” type, designed and built by the Spanish Empresa Nacional Bazán shipyard.

[1] Azopardo is equipped with two water cannons for firefighting, anti-contamination gear, active stabilizers and a retractable hangar and landing par with support facilities for an Alouette-sized helicopter.

[1] In 1986 she was assigned to the “Prefectura de Zona del Mar Argentino Norte” based in Bahía Blanca, being relocated to Buenos Aires in 1988.

[2] This included updating its sensors, work on water treatment plants, replacing sheet metal and adapting the bathrooms for female staff, among other things.