ARM Cuauhtémoc is a sail training vessel of the Mexican Navy, named for the last Mexica Hueyi Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc who was captured and executed in 1525.
Cuauhtémoc, 26 August 2012
Image: Cuauhtemoc Escudo
Cuauhtémoc in Los Angeles, 2005
Cuauhtémoc setting off from Falmouth, August 2023, during a Tall Ship race.
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) includes both the Armada itself and the attached ministerial and civil service. The commander of the Navy is the Secretary of the Navy, who is both a cabinet minister and a career naval officer.
Depiction of Mexican Navy Lieutenant José Azueta firing a French Hotchkiss machine gun in the defense of Veracruz during the Second U.S. intervention of the Mexican Revolution, painting at the Naval Historical Museum in Mexico City
Mexican Navy gunboat Libertad in the 1870s
Mexican Navy training ship Cuauhtemoc in 2005
Mexican marines displaying three different camouflage patterns used by the Mexican marine corps.