Mexican Navy

The **Mexican Navy** (in Spanish: _Armada de México_) is the naval forces of Mexico and depends on the Navy Secretariat (**SEMAR**). It was founded on February 19, 1821. It is in charge of the protection of the Coasts of Mexico and the Exclusive Economic Zone.

In addition to dedicating themselves to the protection of the coasts, they are also dedicated to the protection of rivers and waterways.

## Fleet

|style="text-align:left; width:15%;"|Class|style="text-align:left;"|Image|style="text-align:left;"|Type|style="text-align:left; width:20%;"|Ships|style="text-align:left;"|Origin|
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|||Multipurpose Anti-submarine frigate|F211 _Ignacio Allende_ F212 _Mariano Abasolo_ F213 _Guadalupe Victoria_ F214 _Francisco Javier Mina_|United States – ex-US Navy||||||
|Reformador class||Multipurpose Frigate|F101 Benito Juárez|Netherlands/Mexico – Ships being built in The Netherlands and Mexico. At least 8 ships planned for fleet modernisation plan.||||||
|_Huracán_ class||Missile boat|A301 A302|Israel – ex-Israeli Navy||||||
|||Ocean patrol vessels|P161 P162 P163 _Independencia_ P164 _Revolución_ P165 _Chiapas_ P166 _Hidalgo_ P167 _Jalisco_ P168 _Tabasco_|Mexico||||||
|||Compact Frigate / Patrol vessel|P151 P152 P153 P154|Mexico||||||
|||Corvette|P141 _Sierra_ P143 _Prieto_ P144|Mexico||||||
|||Ocean/Offshore patrol vessels|P131 _Holzinger_ P132 _Godínez_ P133 _De la Vega_ P134 _Berriozabal_|Mexico||||||
|||Ocean patrol vessels|P122 _Azueta_ P123 _Baranda_ P124 _Bretón_ P125 _Blanco_ P126 _Monasterio_|Spain||||||
|||Converted Minesweeper / Ocean patrol vessels|P102 _Juan de la Barrera_ P103 _Mariano Escobedo_ P104 _Manuel Doblado_ P106 _Santos Degollado_ P108 _Juan N. Álvarez_ P109 _Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora_ P110 _Valentín Gómez Farías_ P112 _Francisco Zarco_ P113 _Ignacio L. Vallarta_ P114 _Jesús González Ortega_ P117 _Mariano Matamoros_|United States – ex-||||||
|||Coastal patrol|PC331 PC332 PC333 ARM _Palenque_ PC334 ARM _Mitla_ PC335 ARM _Uxmal_ PC336 ARM _Tajin_ PC337 ARM _Tulum_ PC338 ARM _Monte Albán_ PC339 ARM _Bonampak_ PC340 _Chichen Iztzá_|Netherlands/Mexico Based on Damen Stan Patrol 4207||||||
|||Coastal patrol|PC202 _Cordova_ PC206 _Rayón_ PC207 _Rejón_ PC208 _De la Fuente_ PC209 _Guzmán_ PC210 _Ramírez_ PC211 _Mariscal_ PC212 _Jara_ PC214 _Colima_ PC215 _Lizardi_ PC216 _Mugica_ PC218 _Velazco_ PC220 _Macías_ PC223 _Tamaulipas_ PC224 _Yucatán_ PC225 _Tabasco_ PC226 _Cochimie_ PC228 _Puebla_ PC230 _Vicario_ PC231 _Ortíz_|United Kingdom Mexico||||||
|||Coastal patrol|PC241 _Demócrata_ PC242 _Francisco I. Madero_|Mexico||||||
|||Coastal patrol|PC271 _Corriente_ PC272 _Corso_ PC273 _Catoche_|Mexico||||||
|||Coastal patrol|PC-281 _Morro_ PC-282 _Mastún_|Mexico||||||
|Polaris class||Small Patrol vessel|44 In service|Sweden||||||
|Polaris II class||Small Patrol vessel|6 In service + 17 under construction|Mexico||||||
|Acuario A/B class||Patrol|In service|Mexico||||||
|Isla class||Patrol|In service|Mexico||||||
|_Papaloapan_ class||Tank landing ship|A411 _Papaloapan_ A412 _Usumacinta_|United States – ex-USN||||||
|_Panuco_ class||Tank landing ship|A402 _Manzanillo_|United States – ex-US Navy USS Clearwater County, transferred in 1972||||||
|||Landing ship|BAL01 _Montes Azules_ BAL02 _Libertador_ (construction completed, inaugurated on September 10, 2012)|Mexico||||||
|TBD class||Supply ship|BAL11 _Isla Madre_ Launched July 11, 2016.|Netherlands Based on Damen Stan 5009 Fast Crew Supplier||||||
|||Minesweeper|_Banderas_ _Magdalena_ _Kino_ _Yavaros_ _Chamela_ _Tepoca_|United States||||||
|_Huasteco_ class||Multipurpose logistics vessel|AMP01 _Huasteco_ AMP02 _Zapoteco_|Mexico||||||
|_Maya_ class||Multipurpose|ATR01 _Maya_ ATR02 _Tarasco_|Mexico||||||
|_Cuauhtemoc_ class||Three-masted barque sail training ship|BE01|Spain||||||

## Other websites

- Secretary of the Navy Official site (in Spanish)
- Naval Infantry official site (in Spanish)

## Infobox (military unit)

- **unit name**: Mexican Navy
- **image**:
- **country**: Mexico
- **type**: Navy
- **role**: Naval warfare
- **size**: 74,591 marines (2021)
- **command structure**: Secretariat of the Navy (Mexico), Secretariat of The Navy
- **anniversaries**: June 1, National Navy Day
- **current commander**: Admiral José Rafael Ojeda Durán
- **identification symbol**:
- **identification symbol label**: Naval jack