Mexico - Navy

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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• Navy colors (war flags, standards and guidons)
• Naval Aircraft Marking
• Mexican Navy ensigns in practice

See:

• Secretariat of the Navy
• Positional flags
  • Supreme Commander (President of the United Mexican States)
  • Vice-president of the Republic
  • Secretary of Navy
  • Secretary of National Defense
  • Secretary of War and Navy
  • Chief of the Department of Navy
  • Under-secretary of Navy
  • Chief of Naval Operations / Jefe de Operaciones Navales
  • Official Generals / Oficiales Generales
  • Other positional flags
• Rank flags
  • Admirals
    • Admirals: in command, and not in command and equivalents
    • Vice-admirals: in command, and not in command and equivalents
    • Rear-admirals in command: in command, and not in command and equivalents
  • Captains
    • Captains in command
    • Commanders in command
    • Lieutenant Commanders in command
  • Commodores: in command and not in command
• Masthead Pennant
• Senior Officer afloat
• Civilian Authorities' distinguishing flags
  • Secretaries of State
  • Governors of State
  • Under-secretaries of State
  • Ambassadors and other plenipotentiary ministers
  • General Consuls, consuls, and auxiliary ministers
  • Auxiliary Ministers
• Naval infantry corps
  • Major General
  • Brigadier General
  • General
• Naval Jack

• Army
• Merchant marine
• Mexico

Navy colors (war flags, standards and guidons)

• War flag for units, facilities, schools and dependencies of the Navy (sample)
• Standard for units, establishments and dependencies of the Navy (sample)
• Navy guidons (sample)

War flag for units, facilities, schools and dependencies of the Navy (sample)

1:1 (90cm:90cm)
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 2005.

Standard for units, establishments and dependencies of the Navy (sample)

1:1 (90cm:90cm); golden fringe (9 cm.)
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 2005.

Navy guidons (sample)

1:1
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, June 16, 1998

Naval Aircraft Marking

• 1994 naval aircraft marking
• 1945-1994 naval aircraft marking

1994 naval aircraft marking

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, April 20, 2002

1945-1994 naval aircraft marking

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, July 10, 2001

Mexican Navy ensigns in practice

I just returned from a week-long Caribbean cruise. I offer some of the meager flag spottings from the trip, among them Mexican Navy flags. At San Miguel, on the island of Cozumel, the M/S Carnival Miracle tied up directly across the pier from the destroyer ARM Comodoro Manuel Azueta (D111) of the Mexican Navy. While tied up, the Azueta flew the Mexican ensign at the gaff, the national command pennant (Gallardete Nacional de Mando), or commissioning pennant at the head of the mast, and the two-star pennant of a commander (capitán de fragata) in command at the inboard starboard signal halyard. No flag at the stern or jack at the bow. The stars on the commander's pennant, however, were not oriented with one point upward, as on Juan Manuel Gabino's "GIF", but with one point oriented horizontally toward the fly. Also, all three flags were lowered at sunset, contrary to the regulation quoted by Juan Manuel which requires the gallardete de mando to be flown 24 hours a day.

A naval station just south of the cruise ship pier flew the ensign at the gaff of its flagmast with the three star pennant of a captain (Capitán de navío) in command at the right hand crosstree (right side as one would face the water). I was not close enough to see the orientation of those stars. The pier in the center of the waterfront has at its shore end a flagpole that flew a very large Mexican national flag until sunset-- at least 6 or 7 meters hoist, I would guess. No other flag sightings there of any particular novelty--the Mexican ensign on all the local harbor boats, of course, as one would expect.

Joseph McMillan, July 6, 2005.

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