Azteca-class patrol vessel

Class overview
Name	Azteca
Builders	Vosper Thorneycroft and Mexican Navy Shipyards
Operators	Mexican Navy
Built	31
In service	20
Active	20
Retired	10
General characteristics
Type	Coastal patrol ship
Displacement	148 tons (full load)
Length	112 ft 2 in (34.19 m)
Beam	28 ft 3 in (8.61 m)
Draught	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Propulsion	Diesel electric drive.
Speed	24 knots (maximum)
Range	1,500 NM at 14 kts.
Troops	0
Sensors and processing systems	Surface search radar Kelvin Hughes.
Armament	1x 40 mm Bofors DP 1 x 20 mm Oerlikon GAM-B01

The Azteca class is the name of a coastal patrol vessel used by the mexican navy. Azteca class was designed and built by the British company Vosper Thorneycroft for Mexican Navy at 1976. It is fast multi-role patrol craft with good nautic characteristics. The first unit was deployed to mexican navy at 1976. Original units were powered by Paxman diesels of either 3,600 hp or 4,800 hp. Original units were named with pre-hispanic tribes names.

Ships

• ARM Cordova (PC 202) (1974)
• ARM Rayón. (PC 206) (1975)
• ARM Rejón. (PC 207) (1975)
• ARM De la Fuente. (PC 208) (1975)
• ARM Guzmán. (PC 209) (1975)
• ARM Ramírez. (PC 210) (1975)
• ARM Mariscal. (PC 211) (1975)
• ARM Jara (PC 212) (1975)
• ARM Colima (PC 214) (1975)
• ARM Lizardi (PC 215) (1975)
• ARM Mugica (PC 216) (1976)
• ARM Velazco (PC 218) (1976)
• ARM Macías (PC 220) (1976)
• ARM Tamaulipas (PC 223) (1977)
• ARM Yucatán (PC 224) (1977)
• ARM Tabasco (PC 225) (1978)
• ARM Cochimie (PC 226) (1978)
• ARM Puebla (PC 228) (1982)
• ARM Vicario (PC 230) (1977)
• ARM Ortíz (PC 231) (1977)

References

Faulkner, K. (1999) Jane's Warship Recognition Guide. 2nd Edition. London: Harper Collins Publishers.