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.

[1] Doctor Manuel Mantilla 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 build by the Spanish Empresa Nacional Bazán shipyard.

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

[1] Mantilla was ordered by the Argentine Naval Prefecture (PNA) in 1981 as part of the five-ship Mantilla-class, composed by the patrol boats GC-24 to GC-28.

She was launched in June 1981, completed in December 1982, and left El Ferrol, Spain, arriving in Buenos Aires on 30 March 1983.