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17-509: The Honduran Navy was created through a presidential decree in the 14th of August 1976, with the stated goal of defending Honduran territorial waters, both in the Caribbean and the Pacific coasts. During Brigadier José Santos Guardiola 's presidency, there was an attempt to organize a navy, but due to the lack of funds it didn't come to be. The government acquired some ships, but no warships. In 1860,

34-466: A commotion outside his room. He opened the door to see what was happening and was shot by his assassin, a presidential guard. Guardiola died in the arms of his daughter. The killer and his accomplices ran away but were captured by general Casto José Alvarado. The provisional president, José María Medina, ordered a court to hear the case and the suspects were sentenced to death. One of their many daughters of Guardiola, Genoveva Guardiola Arbizú , married

51-730: Is the head of state and head of government of Honduras , and the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces . According to the 1982 Constitution of Honduras , the Government of Honduras consists of three branches: Executive , Legislative and Judicial . The president is the head of the Executive branch, their primary duty being to "execute and enforce the Constitution, treaties and conventions, laws and other legal dispositions". The President

68-619: The Allies . Some ships carrying Honduran goods had already been sunk by this point, and the situation worsened over the following months, with many directly Honduran ships sunk and around 200 Honduran citizens killed. In the following years, Honduran pilots and sailors were involved in World War II. In November 1950, a regulation for the Navy's insignia and uniforms was issued by the government, and in April 1964,

85-592: The "First Boats Detachment", equipped with US donated patrol boats, which would be used as the core for the Navy when it was formally created in 1976, with Lieutenant Colonel Bain as its first commander. In 1977, the Navy acquired three ships, the Guaymuras , 105 feet long, and the Patuca and the Ulua , both 65 feet long. In 1982, it was also given the 40+ year old tender USCGC Walnut , renamed to Yojoa ; it served until 1998, when it

102-532: The Honduran Military Marine was instituted, with the president boarding the schooner Colibrí . Afterwards, in the 1890s, a contract was signed with a German firm for the construction of two steamers, named Tatumbla and 22 de Febrero , with gross tonnages of 108 and 22 tons, capable of steaming at 10 and 7 knots, respectively, both built in Kiel . The Tatumbla had two guns. In the early 1900s, another steamer

119-573: The Honduran sovereignty of the aforementioned territories (the treaty of Wyke-Cruz) as long as the inhabitants of the islands were granted freedom of worship. For this the Vicar of Comayagua, Miguel del Cid, enemy of General Guardiola, excommunicated him, but Pope Pius IX overturned it and named Juan de Jesus Zepeda Zepeda as Bishop of Honduras. He fought against William Walker , who organized several private military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with

136-554: The country to fight for Germany. The country's ports were on occasion used by German submarines for resupply. In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , due to diplomatic pressure from the United States, relations with the Axis powers were broken, however. On December 8, 1941, Honduras declared war on Japan, and, four days later, on Italy and Germany, with Honduras thus joining

153-500: The first President of the Republic of Cuba , Tomás Estrada Palma . Composer Guadalupe Haertling was among Guardiola's descendants. President of Honduras Her Excellency (diplomatic) The president of Honduras ( Spanish : Presidente de Honduras ), officially known as the President of the Republic of Honduras ( Spanish : Presidente de la República de Honduras ),

170-707: The first two officers and 14 enlisted men (who belonged to the Army's Third Infantry Battalion) were assigned to it. One of the officers, Ensign O'Connor Bain, was sent to the US Coast Guard Reserve Officer Training Center in Yorktown, Virginia , and the other, Ensign Regalado Hernández, together with the enlisted men, to the Naval Base Panama Canal Zone , where they were trained by Panamaian and North American officers. Afterwards, they formed

187-666: The government had 200 men from the army mustered into a schooner in order to aid the British screw sloop HMS Icarus , which had been stationed in British Honduras , in combating an invasion by the filibuster William Walker . Walker was ambushed near the Sico Tinto Negro River , captured, and, nine days later, found guilty and executed. In September 1865, during Captain General José María Medina 's presidency

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204-560: The individual freedom and it regularized the relations between the church and the State. He opposed Francisco Morazán in the conflict over whether to have a Central American state . His good relations with the British helped facilitate the return of governance of the Bay Islands and the La Mosquitia region into Honduras. He struck a deal with Queen Victoria on which Great Britain recognized

221-444: The intention of re-establishing slavery and taking over all of Central America. On 10 January 1862, Hipólito Zafra Valladares, the head of the presidential guard, was murdered. Pablo Agurcia became the new head and proceeded to change the guards of the president in order to kill him. The next day, on 11 January 1862, President Guardiola was sleeping with his wife in the presidential palace of Honduras. At around 5 AM he woke up due to

238-508: Was a two-term President of Honduras . He is the only President of Honduras to be assassinated while in office in a crime committed by his personal guard. José Santos Guardiola was born on 1 November 1816 in Tegucigalpa , Honduras. His parents were the Catalan miner Esteban Guardiola and Bibiana Bustillo. He married Ana de Arzibu. For his first term, from 17 February 1856 to 7 February 1860, he

255-843: Was commissioned, the Hornet ; only in 1934 would the next acquisitions come, with the Bufalo and the Zambrano . During the 1940s, the Tiger , the General Carias and the General Cabañas were acquired. Honduras maintained good diplomatic relations with Germany between the end of the 19th Century and the 1930s. During this period, many businesses were opened by German immigrants in Honduran soil, and when World War II started in Europe, some citizens of German descent left

272-469: Was elected president by Congress after the overthrow of Trinidad Cabañas . His second term, from 7 February 1860 to his death, came through the way of free elections in which he won easily. His administration was one of the most liberal in Honduran history, in spite of him belonging to the Conservative Party. His government granted freedom of press, suffrage and movement; it respected and it guaranteed

289-652: Was lost during Hurricane Mitch . These were the Navy's only proper ships until 1988, when it received the Landing Craft Utility Punta Caxinas , capable of transporting 100 tons of cargo and still in service as of 2021. A few years later, a new Peterson Mk3 patrol boat was acquired, and in 2013 a further two Damen Stan Patrol 4207 also were. The Honduran Navy operates from four main naval bases, but it also has another two installations. Jos%C3%A9 Santos Guardiola José Santos Guardiola Bustillo (1 November 1816 – 11 January 1862)

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