GORINCHEM, Netherlands - The Mexican Navy has signed two contracts with Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group for the construction of two new warships and technology transfer to Mexico.
The first contract covers the construction of a Damen Stan Patrol 4207 vessel. The vessel will be the seventh in Mexico's Tenochtitlan-class and will be built at Mexico's ASTIMAR 1 naval shipyard in Tampico.
Construction of the first two vessels in the class, the ARM Tenochtitlan (PC-331) and the ARM Teotihuacan (PC-332), began in 2011 and both were delivered to the Navy in mid-2012. Construction of a third (Palenque PC-333) began in May 2013 and a contract for a fourth was signed in August 2013. A contract for the fifth vessel in the class, to be named the Uxmal, was issued in December 2013 and a sixth was ordered in April 2014.
The Tenochtitlan-class are intended to replace and supplement older patrol craft such as the two ex-U.S. Coast Guard Cape-class patrol boats and ten surviving Azteca-class patrol boats. The Navy hopes to eventually have a fleet of 28 vessels in the class.
The second contract covers the construction of a Fast Crew Supplier 5009 vessel. According to Damen Shipyards, the vessel will be adapted to the specific requirements set forth by the Mexican Navy. The vessel will be built at Mexico's ASTIMAR 6 naval shipyard in Guaymas.
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