List of ships named Mexico

A number of ships have been named Mexico, including:

Warships

• ARM Mexico (1874), a 445-ton gunboat of the Mexican Navy ^[1]

Merchant ships

• Mexico (c.1826), a barque wrecked on Long Island in January 1837
• Mexico (1851), a sidewheel paddle steamer that later served in the Confederate and Union navies as General Bragg
• Mexico (1860), an iron barque wrecked at Southport on 9 December 1886
• Mexico (1882), a passenger-cargo steamship connecting US Pacific north-west ports with Alaska, wrecked in 1897 ^[2]
• Mexico (1884), a Spanish Transatlantic passenger-cargo steamship ^[3]
• Mexico (1890), a passenger-cargo steamship, built as Sobraon, and renamed when chartered for the Transatlantic services of Atlantic Transport Line; wrecked in 1895 ^[4]
• Mexico (1899), a passenger steamship of the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, later wrecked in Alaska as Yukon ^[5]
• Mexico (1905), a passenger-cargo steamship of French Line, operated on routes to the USA and Mexico ^[6]
• Mexico (1906), a passenger steamship of the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, later Aleutian ^[7]
• Mexico (1912), an Argentinian coastal passenger-cargo steamship in service until 1958 ^[8]
• Mexico (1913), a Mexican coastal passenger steamer, wrecked in 1937 ^[9]
• Mexico (1920), an oil tanker that struck a mine in the North Sea and sank with a loss of 32 crew ^[10]

References

1. "Mexico". Shipping and Shipbuilding. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
2. "SS Mexico (+1897)". The Wrecksite. Affligem: Adelante EBVBE. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
3. "Mexico". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
4. Cowden, James E.; Duffy, John O. C. (1986). The Elder Dempster: Fleet History, 1852-1985. Cottishall: Mallett and Bell Publications. p. 362. ISBN   0-9509453-1-5.
5. "SS Yukon (+1946)". The Wrecksite. Affligem: Adelante EBVBE. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
6. Haws, Duncan (1996). The French Line (Compagnie Générale Transatlantique). Haverfordwest: TCL Publications. p. 54. ISBN   0-946378-30-4.
7. Miller, William H. (2001). Picture history of American passenger ships. Mineola, N.Y: Dover Publications. ISBN   978-0-486-40967-2 . Retrieved 15 November 2024.
8. "La Historia de la Cia de Navegacion Mihanovich y su fundador: Parte 5 - 1912". Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (in Spanish). Fundación Histarmar. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
9. "Mexico". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
10. "MV Mexico [+1941]". The Wrecksite. Affligem: Adelante EBVBE. Retrieved 14 November 2024.