The Azteca-class patrol vessel are a

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patrol vessel A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence, border security, or law enforcement. There are many designs for patrol boats, and the ...

s in service with the

Mexican Navy The Mexican Navy is one of the two independent armed forces of Mexico. The actual naval forces are called the ''Armada de México''. The ''Secretaría de Marina'' (''SEMAR'') (English: Naval Secretariat) includes both the ''Armada'' itself and ...

. 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

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and

between perpendiculars Length between perpendiculars (often abbreviated as p/p, p.p., pp, LPP, LBP or Length BPP) is the length of a ship along the summer load line from the forward surface of the stem, or main bow perpendicular member, to the after surface of the ster ...

. 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

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, one 20 mm Oerlikon GAM-B01 cannon and two machine guns. The Azteca class has a complement of 24.Saunders 2002, p. 464

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* * * {{Combatant ship classes of the Mexican Navy Patrol vessels of the Mexican Navy Patrol boat classes