PNA Thompson (GC-26) is a Mantilla-class patrol boat of the Argentine Naval Prefecture,[note 1] built at the Empresa Nacional Bazán shipyards and commissioned in 1983.

[1] Thompson 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] Thompson 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] Thompson was ordered by the Argentine Naval Prefecture (PNA) in 1980 as part of the five-ship Mantilla-class, designed to fill Argentina's need for a deep water coast guard.

She was launched in December 1981, completed in June 1983, and left El Ferrol, Spain, on 18 August 1983, arriving in Buenos Aires later that month.