Mexican Navy Plaque - Buque Escuela Cuauhtemoc

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Accession NumberP825Title (extended title only)Mexican Navy Plaque - Buque Escuela CuauhtemocDescriptionWooden plaque with raised brass ships motif – gold inscription plate but it has faded an is illegible apart from year date of 2006DateBetween 1st January 2006 and 31st December 2006ProvenanceARM Cuauhtémoc is a sail training vessel of the Mexican Navy, launched in 1982. The body of the shield is made up of two concentric circles: the exterior, like a cord of abacá, suggests the ship's rigging, the tool necessary for the crew to raise and lower the sails. The inner circle serves to concentrically divide the total circumference of the body. The internal part of these carries in its centre the silhouette of Cuauhtémoc on her port side and with all the rigging, sailing to the west, driven by the wind, represents her first trip to Mexico from Spain. In the ring formed by the two circles there are two inscriptions: reading Armada de México (Mexican Navy) on the top, and Buque Escuela Cuauhtémoc (Cuauhtémoc School Ship), on the bottom.
The same ring offers, at the eastern point, the figure of the wind god Ehécatl, who with his breath propels the ship to the west. At the setting point appears the Sun of the evening twilight; at the north point, interspersed in the inscription, the sidereal stars that make constant knowledge of their position possible. Finally, in the upper part of the body, the eagle of the Mexican Coat of Arms, which recalls the origin of the ship and its strength
Relevance to the CityThe plaque was given to the City during a visit to Fremantle in 2006. The tall ship visited Fremantle again in 2024.

SubjectTall shipsCollectionCivic Collection

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Mexican Navy Plaque - Buque Escuela Cuauhtemoc