List of ships of the Mexican Navy
The list of Mexican Navy ships comprises all of the vessels that make up the Mexican Navy. The Mexican Navy operates one frigate, two missile boats, and a number of patrol ships for both offshore and inshore patrol. The Mexican Navy also has two tank landing ships at its disposal.
Ships by number
Destroyers
- Manuel Azueta class - 1 - scuttled on 6 November 2017 in the Rizo reef zone off Antón Lizardo, Veracruz
- Cuauhtémoc class - 2
- Quetzalcóatl class - 2 - One ship scuttled on 24 November 2006 to form an artificial reef (her main tripod mast is on display at Mexican Pacific Fleet headquarters) & other ship was slated to also be sunk as an artificial reef
Frigates
- California class - 4 - all ships scrapped in 1964-65
- Brown class - 2 - both decommissioned
- Allende class - 4 (one ship scuttled on 27 April 2022 East of Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico, and the other 1-3 were awaiting disposal at Tuxpan)
- Reformador class - 1
Corvettes
- Sierra class - 4 (one ship taken out of service, after a fire incident in 2003, & sunk as a target ship in 2007)
Missile boats
- Huracan class - 2
Offshore patrol vessels
- Valle class - 11 (10 ships still active, 1 still at least afloat in Guaymas in January 2009; 1 other ship's fate unknown, 5 ships previously-retired in 1988 or 2004, 1 previously-scuttled as a dive wreck & artificial reef on 3/3/2022 near San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico, and 1 more sunk in 2006 by the Mexican Navy)
- California class - 5 (3 ships scrapped, 1 wrecked on the Bahia Peninsula on 16 January 1972 & 1 stricken from the Mexican Navy on 16 July 2001)
- Coahuila class - 1 - stricken from the rolls of the Mexican Navy in July 2001
- Uribe class - 5
- Holzinger class - 4
- Durango-class patrol vessel - 4
- Oaxaca-class patrol vessel - 8
Coastal patrol boats
- Demócrata class - 2
- Azteca class - 20
- Punto class - 3
- Tenochtitlan class - 10
- Cabo class - 3
Interceptor patrol boats
- Polaris class - 48
- Isla class - 4
- Acuario class - 6
- Acuario B class - 4
- Polaris II class - 9
Tank landing ships
- Panuco class - 1 - used as a target ship & sunk in 2010, becoming an artificial reef
- Papaloapan class - 2
Logistics ships
- Isla Tiburón class - 2 [1]
- Isla Madre class - 1
Training ships
- Cuauhtémoc class - 1
Transport ships
- Maya class - 2
Tankers
Tugboats
- Otomí class - 4
- Sotoyomo class - 1
- Iztaccihuatl class - 6
List of ships
Hull no. | Ship name | Class | Type | Homeport | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
F-101 / POLA-101 | Benito Juárez | Reformador (Sigma 10514 LROPV) | Frigate / Oceanic Patrol Vessel | Mexican built Dutch design | |
F-211 | Allende | Allende | Frigate | Purchased from the United States | |
F-212 | Abasolo | Purchased from the United States | |||
F-213 | Victoria | Purchased from the United States | |||
F-214 | Mina | Purchased from the United States | |||
A-301 | Huracán | Huracán | Missile boat | Purchased from Israel | |
A-302 | Tormenta | Purchased from Israel | |||
PO-102 | Juan de la Barrera | Valle | Offshore patrol vessel | Purchased from the United States | |
PO-103 | Mariano Escobedo | Purchased from the United States | |||
PO-104 | Manuel Doblado | Purchased from the United States | |||
PO-106 | Santos Degollado | Purchased from the United States | |||
PO-108 | Juan N. Álvarez | Purchased from the United States | |||
PO-109 | Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora | Purchased from the United States | |||
PO-110 | Valentín Gómez Farías | Purchased from the United States | |||
PO-112 | Francisco Zarco | Purchased from the United States | |||
PO-113 | Ignacio L. Vallarta | Purchased from the United States | |||
PO-114 | Jesús González Ortega | Purchased from the United States | |||
PO-117 | Mariano Matamoros | Purchased from the United States | |||
PO-121 | Uribe | Uribe | Offshore patrol vessel | Purchased from Spain | |
PO-122 | Azueta | Purchased from Spain | |||
PO-123 | Baranda | Purchased from Spain | |||
PO-124 | Bretón | Purchased from Spain | |||
PO-125 | Blanco | Purchased from Spain | |||
PO-126 | Monasterio | Purchased from Spain | |||
PO-131 | Holzinger | Holzinger | Offshore patrol vessel | Built in Mexico | |
PO-132 | Godínez | Built in Mexico | |||
PO-133 | De la Vega | Built in Mexico | |||
PO-134 | Berriozabal | Built in Mexico | |||
PO-141 | Sierra | Sierra | Offshore patrol vessel / Corvette | Designed and built in Mexico | |
PO-143 | Prierto | Designed and built in Mexico | |||
PO-144 | Romero | Designed and built in Mexico | |||
PO-151 | Durango | Durango | Offshore patrol vessel | Designed and built in Mexico | |
PO-152 | Sonora | Designed and built in Mexico | |||
PO-153 | Guanajuato | Designed and built in Mexico | |||
PO-154 | Veracruz | Designed and built in Mexico | |||
PO-161 | Oaxaca | Oaxaca | Offshore patrol vessel | Designed and built in Mexico | |
PO-162 | Baja California | Designed and built in Mexico | |||
PO-163 | Independencia | Designed and built in Mexico | |||
PO-164 | Revolución | Designed and built in Mexico | |||
PO-165 | Chiapas | Designed and built in Mexico | |||
PO-166 | Hidalgo | Designed and built in Mexico | |||
PO-167 | Jalisco | Designed and built in Mexico | |||
PO-168 | Tabasco | Designed and built in Mexico | |||
PC-202 | Cordova | Azteca | Coastal patrol boat | Built in Mexico | |
PC-206 | Rayón | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-207 | Rejón | ||||
PC-208 | De la Fuente | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-209 | Guzmán | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-210 | Ramírez | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-211 | Mariscal | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-212 | Jara | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-214 | Colima | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-215 | Lizardi | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-216 | Mugica | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-218 | Velazco | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-220 | Macías | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-223 | Tamaulipas | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-224 | Yucatán | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-225 | Tabasco | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-226 | Cochimie | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-228 | Puebla | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-230 | Vicario | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-231 | Ortíz | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-241 | Demócrata | Demócrata | Coastal patrol boat | Built in Mexico | |
PC-242 | Francisco I. Madero | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-331 | Tenochtitlan | Tenochtitlan | Coastal patrol boat | Built in Mexico | |
PC-332 | Teotihuacan | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-333 | Palenque | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-334 | Mitla | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-335 | Uxmal | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-336 | Tajín | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-337 | Tulum | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-338 | Monte Albán | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-339 | Bonampak | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-340 | Chichen Itzá | Built in Mexico | |||
PC-271 | Cabo Corrientes | Cabo | Coastal patrol boat | Purchased from the United States | |
PC-272 | Cabo Corzo | Purchased from the United States | |||
PC-273 | Cabo Catoche | Purchased from the United States | |||
PI-1101 | Polaris | Polaris | Interceptor patrol boat | ||
PI-1102 | Sirius | ||||
PI-1103 | Capella | ||||
PI-1104 | Canopus | ||||
PI-1105 | Vega | ||||
PI-1106 | Achernar | ||||
PI-1107 | Rigel | ||||
PI-1108 | Arturus | ||||
PI-1109 | Alpheratz | ||||
PI-1110 | Procyon | ||||
PI-1111 | Avyor | ||||
PI-1112 | Deben | ||||
PI-1113 | Fomalhuat | ||||
PI-1114 | Pollux | ||||
PI-1115 | Regulus | ||||
PI-1116 | Acrux | ||||
PI-1117 | Spica | ||||
PI-1118 | Hadar | ||||
PI-1119 | Shaula | ||||
PI-1120 | Mirfak | ||||
PI-1121 | Ankaa | ||||
PI-1122 | Bellatrix | ||||
PI-1123 | Elnath | ||||
PI-1124 | Arnilan | ||||
PI-1125 | Peacock | ||||
PI-1126 | Betelgeuse | ||||
PI-1127 | Adhara | ||||
PI-1128 | Alioth | ||||
PI-1129 | Rosalhague | ||||
PI-1130 | Nunki | ||||
PI-1131 | Hamal | ||||
PI-1132 | Suhail | ||||
PI-1133 | Dubhe | ||||
PI-1134 | Denebola | ||||
PI-1135 | Alkaid | ||||
PI-1136 | Alphecca | ||||
PI-1137 | Eltanin | ||||
PI-1138 | Cochab | ||||
PI-1139 | Enif | ||||
PI-1140 | Shedaf | ||||
PI-1141 | Markab | ||||
PI-1142 | Megrez | ||||
PI-1143 | Mizar | ||||
PI-1144 | Phekda | ||||
PI-1145 | Acamar | ||||
PI-1146 | Diphda | ||||
PI-1147 | Menkar | ||||
PI-1148 | Sabik | ||||
PI-1201 | Coronado | Isla | Interceptor patrol boat | Built in Mexico | |
PI-1202 | Lobos | Built in Mexico | |||
PI-1203 | Guadalupe | Built in Mexico | |||
PI-1204 | Cozumel | Built in Mexico | |||
PI-1301 | Acuario | Acuario | Interceptor patrol boat | Built in Mexico | |
PI-1302 | Aguila | Built in Mexico | |||
PI-1303 | Aries | Built in Mexico | |||
PI-1304 | Auriga | Built in Mexico | |||
PI-1305 | Cáncer | Built in Mexico | |||
PI-1306 | Capricornio | Built in Mexico | |||
PI-1307 | Centauro | Acuario B | Interceptor patrol boat | Built in Mexico | |
PI-1308 | Géminis | Built in Mexico | |||
PI-1401 | Miaplacidus | Polaris II | Interceptor patrol boat | ||
PI-1402 | Algol | ||||
PI-1403 | Castor | ||||
PI-1404 | Merak | ||||
PI-1405 | Caph | ||||
PI-1406 | Mirach | ||||
PI-1407 | Alhena | ||||
PI-1408 | Saiph | ||||
PI-1409 | Algorab | ||||
A-411 | Papaloapan | Papaloapan | Tank landing ship | Purchased from the United States | |
A-412 | Usumacinta | Purchased from the United States | |||
BAL-01 | Isla Tubarón | Isla Tubarón[2] | Logistics ship | Built in Mexico | |
BAL-02 | Isla Holbox | Built in Mexico | |||
BAL-11 | Isla Madre | Isla Madre (Damen Stan 5009 Fast Crew Supplier) | Logistics ship | Built in Netherlands | |
BE-01 | Cuauhtémoc | - | Sail training ship | Built in Spain | |
BI-01 | Comala | Altair[2] | Research ship | Purchased from the United States | |
BI-02 | Onjuku | Confiscated from Japan | |||
BI-03 | Sayulita | Altair | Manzanillo[3] | Purchased from the United States | |
BI-04 | Pátzcuaro | Veracruz[3] | Purchased from the United States | ||
BI-05 | Rio Suchiate | Purchased from the United States | |||
BI-06 | Zimapán | Altair | Purchased from the United States | ||
BI-07 | Amealco | Purchased from the United States | |||
BI-08 | Mazunte | ? | |||
BI-09 | Rizo | - | ? | ||
BI-10 | Cabezo | ? | |||
BI-11 | De Adentro | ? | |||
ATR-01 | Maya | Maya | Transport ship | ? | |
ATR-03 | Tarasco | ? | |||
ARE-01 | Otomí | Otomí | Tugboat | Purchased from the United States | |
ARE-02 | Yaqui | Purchased from the United States | |||
ARE-03 | Seri | Purchased from the United States | |||
ARE-04 | Cora | Purchased from the United States | |||
ARE-05 | Iztaccihuatl | Iztaccihuatl | Purchased from the United States | ||
ARE-06 | Popocatépetl | Purchased from the United States | |||
ARE-07 | Citlaltépetl | Purchased from the United States | |||
ARE-08 | Xinantécatl | Purchased from the United States | |||
ARE-09 | Matlalcueye | Purchased from the United States | |||
ARE-10 | Tláloc | Purchased from the United States | |||
ARE-11 | Tepehua | Kukulkán[2] | |||
ARE-12 | Huave | ||||
ATQ-01 | Aguascalientes | Aguascalientes | Tanker | Purchased from the United States | |
ATQ-02 | Tlaxcala | Purchased from the United States | |||
AMP-01 | Huasteco | - | Multipurpose | Built in Mexico | |
AMP-02 | Zapoteco | Built in Mexico | |||
ADR-01 | Banderas | - | Dredger | ? | |
ADR-02 | Magdalena | ? | |||
ADR-03 | Kino | ? | |||
ADR-04 | Yavaros | ? | |||
ADR-05 | Chamela | ? | |||
ADR-06 | Tepoca | ? | |||
ADR-07 | Todo Santos | ? | |||
ADR-08 | Asunción | ? | |||
ADR-09 | Almejas | ? | |||
ADR-10 | Chacagua | ? | |||
ADR-11 | Coyuca | ? | |||
ADR-12 | Farallón | ? | |||
ADR-13 | Chairel | ? | |||
ADR-14 | San Adrés | ? | |||
ADR-15 | San Ignacio | ? | |||
ADR-16 | Términos | ? | |||
ADR-17 | Teculapa | ? | |||
ADR-31 | Contralmirante Luis Schaufelberger Alatorre | José Villalpando Rascón[2] | ? | ||
ADR-32 | Comodoro David Coello Ochoa | ? | |||
AM-60801 | Alvarado | - | Support ship | ? | |
AM-41801 | Blanquilla | ? | |||
AM-22601 | Catemaco | ? | |||
AM-51701 | Chapala | ? | |||
AM-21202 | De en Medio | ? | |||
AM-22602 | Galleguilla | ? | |||
AM-51902 | Lagartos | ? | |||
AM-60802 | Pájaros | ? | |||
AM-21201 | Palancar | ? | |||
AM-51901 | Progreso | ? | |||
AM-32315 | Sisal | ? | |||
AM-32316 | Tanhuijo | ? |
Decommissioned ships
Hull no. | Ship name | Class | Date retired | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PC-281 | Punto Morro | Punto | Coastal patrol boat | Unknown | |
PC-282 | Punto Mastun | Unknown | |||
G-04 | Ponciano Arriaga | Valle | Offshore patrol vessel | 1988 | |
G-17 | Mariano Matamoros | Unknown, Before 1993 | |||
PO-101 | Leandro Valle | 2004 | |||
PO-105 | Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada | 2004 | |||
PO-107 | Ignacio de la Llave | 2004 | |||
PO-111 | Ignacio Altamirano | 2004 | Supposedly seen abandoned, afloat near Guaymas, Mexico. | ||
PO-115 | Felipe Xicoténcatl | 2004 | |||
PO-116 | Juan Aldama | 2004 | |||
B-03 | California | California | Offshore patrol vessel | 1972 | Wrecked at Baja California, 16 January 1972 |
B-04 | Papaloapan | 1976 | Scrapped after running aground, 1976 | ||
B-05 | Tehuantepec | 1989 | Scrapped, 1989 | ||
B-06 | Usumacinta | 16 July 2001 | Scrapped, 2002 | ||
B-07 | Coahuila | Coahuila | July 2001 | Renamed ARM Vincente Guerrero, 1994. Later renamed again to ARM Coahuila (E-21).[4][5] | |
B-08 | Chihuahua | California | 16 July 2001 | ||
E-01 | Cuauhtémoc | Cuauhtémoc | Destroyer | 1982 | |
E-02 | Cuitláhuac | 2001 | Plans of converting the ship to a museum ship fell through and later scrapped.[6][7] | ||
E-03 | Quetzalcoatl | Quetzalcóatl | Destroyer | 2002 | Renamed ARM Ilhuicamina (E-10), late 1982. |
E-04 | Netzahualcóyotl | 2014 | |||
PO-142 | Juarez | Sierra | Offshore patrol vessel / Corvette | 2003 | Sunk as target, 2007 |
- | California (1947) | California | Frigate | Unknown | Scrapped, 1964 |
General José María Morelos | Unknown | Scrapped, 1964 | |||
General Vicente Guerrero | Unknown | Scrapped, 1964 | |||
Papaloapan | Unknown | Scrapped, 1965 | |||
F-201 | Nicolas Bravo | Bravo | Frigate | 2017 | |
F-202 | Hermenegildo Galeana | 2017 | |||
A-01 | Rio Panuco | Panuco | Tank landing ship | Unknown | Sunk as artificial reef, 2010 |
A-02 | Manzanillo | 16 November 2011 | |||
A-05 | General Vincente Guerrero | Unknown | Renamed ARM Rio Grijalva (A-403), 1993.[8] | ||
A-06 | Commodore Manuel Azueta | Manuel Azueta | Training ship / Destroyer | 3 July 2015 | Renamed ARM Commodore Manuel Azueta Perillos (E-30), 1994. Renamed again to ARM Commodore Manuel Azueta (D-111), 2001.[9] |
C-07 | Guanajuato | - | Gunboat | 2001 | Museum ship in Boca del Río, since 2007 |
- | DM-01 | DM-01 | Minesweeper | 2000 | Sunk as artificial reef, August 2001 |
DM-02 | 1986 | Scrapped, 1 August 1988 | |||
DM-03 | 16 July 2001 | ||||
DM-04 (1962) | April 1973 | Replaced by another ship from the same class | |||
DM-04 (1973) | 16 July 2001 | ||||
DM-05 | 1999 | Sunk as artificial reef, 1999 | |||
DM-06 | 1986 | ||||
DM-07 | Unknown | ||||
DM-08 | Unknown | ||||
DM-09 | Unknown | ||||
DM-10 | 1986 | ||||
DM-11 | 2000 | Sunk as artificial reef, 2000[10] | |||
DM-12 | 2000 | Sunk as artificial reef, 2000 | |||
DM-13 | 2000 | Sunk as artificial reef, 2000 | |||
DM-14 | 16 July 2001 | ||||
DM-15 | Unknown | ||||
DM-16 | 1986 | ||||
DM-17 | 2000 | ||||
DM-18 | 16 July 2001 | ||||
DM-19 | 16 July 2001 | ||||
DM-20 | After 2007 | Sunk as artificial reef, date unknown[11] | |||
H-41 | Almirante Câmara | - | Research ship | 2004 | |
- | Sotoyomo | Sotoyomo | Tugboat | Unknown |
Historical ship
Ship name | Type | Service | Photo | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Guadaloupe | Frigate | 1842-1847 | Sold to the Spanish Navy at Cuba in August 1847 | |
Montezuma | Frigate | 1842-1846 | Sold to the Spanish Navy at Cuba in August 1846 | |
Meteoro | Brigantine | 1848-1850 | Sold to Chile, 1850 | |
Libertad | Gunboat | 1874-? | ||
Independencia | Gunboat | 1874-? | ||
Guerra Demócrata | Gunboat | 1875-? | ||
Zaragoza | Corvette | 1892-1926 | Sunk as target, 1926 | |
Agua Prieta | Gunboat | 1920-1935 | ||
Anáhuac | Cruiser | 1924-1938 | Scrapped, 1938 | |
Orizaba | Yacht | 1939-1960 | Scrapped, 1960 |
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