Navy
The navy is a small force dealing with coastal and riverine security.
The navy has 31 patrol boats and landing craft.
| Class | Origin | Type | Versions | In service | Fleet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guaymuras class (105 foot Swift type) | United States | patrol boat | 3 | FNH 101 Guaymuras FNH 102 Honduras W/O FNH 103 Hibueras W/O |
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| Yojoa (Hollyhock class) | United States | coastal buoy tender | 1 | FNH 252 Yojoa - ex-US Coast Guard Walnut W/O Broke in half during Hurricane Mitch | |
| Punta Caxinas (149 foot Lantana type) | United States | coastal transport | 1 | FNH-1491 | |
| Choluteca Class (65 foot Swift type) | United States | coastal patrol craft | 5 | FNH 651 Nacaome FNH 652 Goascoran FNH 653 Petula FNH 654 Ulua FNH 655 Choluteca |
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| Piraña class | Napco United States | riverine ops boat | 8 | ||
| Boston Whaler Guardián Class | United States | riverine ops boat | 10 | ||
| Tegucigalpa Class (106 foot Lantana type) | United States | patrol boat | 3 | FNH 1061-1062 | |
| Chamelecán Class (85 foot Dabur type) | Israel | patrol boat | 1 | FNH-8501 | |
| WARUNTA Class (75 foot LCM-8) | United States | landing craft | 3 | FNH 741-743 | |
| United States | LCU | 1 | |||
| United States | small river patrol boat | 15 |
The Honduran navy has 4 naval bases:
- Base Naval Puerto Cortés - main repair and logistics base on the Caribbean Sea
- Base Naval Puerto Castilla - main operating base of patrol boats on the Caribbean Sea
- Base Naval Amapala- main operating base of coastal patrol craft on the north end of the island and only base on the Pacific Ocean side of Honduras
- Base Naval Caratasca - new base to deal with drug trafficking
Additionally, the Honduran navy has the following unit and schools:
- 1st. Marine lnfanty Battalion - only marine unit loocated at La Ceiba
- Honduras Naval Academy - Trains officers for the Honduras Navy at La Ceiba
- Naval Training Center - NCO and Sailor training facility
Future Patrol Boats
- In October 2012 the goverment of Honduras signed a lease for 13 years with optión to purchase for 6 Damen Stand 4207 Patrol Vessel and 6 Damen 1102 Interceptor boats.
Read more about this topic: Military Of Honduras
Famous quotes containing the word navy:
“The Navy is the asylum for the perverse, the home of the unfortunate. Here the sons of adversity meet the children of calamity, and here the children of calamity meet the offspring of sin.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“People run away from the name subsidy. It is a subsidy. I am not afraid to call it so. It is paid for the purpose of giving a merchant marine to the whole country so that the trade of the whole country will be benefitted thereby, and the men running the ships will of course make a reasonable profit.... Unless we have a merchant marine, our navy if called upon for offensive or defensive work is going to be most defective.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“I call to mind the navy great
That the Greeks brought to Troye town,
And how the boistous winds did beat
Their ships, and rent their sails adown;
Till Agamemnon’s daughter’s blood
Appeased the gods that them withstood.”
—Henry Howard, Earl Of Surrey (1517?–1547)