The Azteca-class patrol vessel are a class of patrol vessels in service with the Mexican Navy. They were designed and built by the British companies T.T. Boat Designs Ltd; Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Scott & Sons, Bowling; Lamont & Co. Ltd. and Vera Cruz and Salina Cruz Shipyards for the Mexican Navy from 1976 to 1980. They are multi-role patrol craft with good nautical characteristics. Original units were powered by Paxman diesels of either or . Original units were named with pre-Hispanic tribal names.
Design and description The Azteca-class patrol vessels displace at full load and are long overall and between perpendiculars. They have a beam of and a draught of . The ships are propelled by two shafts driven by two Ruston Paxman Ventura diesels creating . This gives the vessels a maximum speed of and a range of at . The ships are armed with one Bofors 40 mm gun, one 20 mm Oerlikon GAM-B01 cannon and two machine guns. The Azteca class has a complement of 24.Gardiner and Chumbley, p. 264Saunders 2002, p. 464
Ships Azteca classShip nameHull no.BuilderIn serviceStatusCordovaPC 2021974RayónPC 2061975RejónPC 2071975De la FuentePC 2081975April 12, 2025; Sunk as wreck dive site near San Carlos, Guymas, MexicoGuzmánPC 2091975RamírezPC 2101975MariscalPC 2111975JaraPC 2121975ColimaPC 2141975LizardiPC 2151975MugicaPC 2161976VelazcoPC 2181976MacíasPC 2201976TamaulipasPC 2231977YucatánPC 2241977Tabasco PC 2251978CochimiePC 2261978PueblaPC 2281982VicarioPC 2301977OrtízPC 2311977
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