The list of active ships of the Chilean Navy is a list of the ships that are currently in service in the

Chilean Navy The Chilean Navy ( es, Armada de Chile) is the naval warfare service branch of the Chilean Armed Forces. It is under the Ministry of National Defense. Its headquarters are at Edificio Armada de Chile, Valparaiso. History Origins and the Wars ...

. The navy has several naval units that allow it to offer the Chilean State a naval power and an effective maritime service, to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity, maintain the security of the nation and support national interests in any place.

Summary and method

The Chilean Navy currently has 133 active vessels. The following summary of the Chilean ships has been taken from the official website of the navy and also from other references added in the article. According to the type or specialty of the ship they are: * 4

attack submarine An attack submarine or hunter-killer submarine is a submarine specifically designed for the purpose of attacking and sinking other submarines, surface combatants and merchant vessels. In the Soviet and Russian navies they were and are called ...

s (SSK) * 8

frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...

s * 3

missile boat A missile boat or missile cutter is a small, fast warship armed with anti-ship missiles. Being smaller than other warships such as destroyers and frigates, missile boats are popular with nations interested in forming a navy at lower cost. They a ...

s * 94 patrols * 5 transports and amphibious ships (and 3 small support barges) * 2 replenishments (AO) * 2

research vessel A research vessel (RV or R/V) is a ship or boat designed, modified, or equipped to carry out research at sea. Research vessels carry out a number of roles. Some of these roles can be combined into a single vessel but others require a dedicated ...

s (and 2 support research boats) * 1 Rescue and salvage vessel * 1 Medical-dental patrol vessel * 2

tugboat A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, su ...

s * 4

ferries A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water tax ...

* 1

training ship A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is mostly used to describe ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house classr ...

* 1 historical relic (nominal ship) In the tables, the different ships are grouped according to their

class Class or The Class may refer to: Common uses not otherwise categorized * Class (biology), a taxonomic rank * Class (knowledge representation), a collection of individuals or objects * Class (philosophy), an analytical concept used differentl ...

. The tables begin with the class of the ships and name of the ships, followed by its

hull classification symbol The United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) use a hull classification symbol (sometimes called hull code or hull number) to identify their ships by type and by ind ...

and

pennant number In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of ''pendant number'', which it was called before 1948). Historically, naval ships flew a flag that iden ...

(No.), year of commission (Comm.),

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, type, builder (indicating the place if possible), and note (ship references). The ship classes (and those without a class) with the largest displacement appear first in the list, sorted by year of commissioning. In the event that a ship has been previously used by another navy or by a private naval company, the year of original commissioning will also be taken. The spaces in the table where the information is unknown or does not exist will bear the following symbol (—).

Active ships

Submarines

File:Submarino General Carrera (SS-22).jpg, ''Carrera'' SS-22
(''Scorpène'' class) File:Submarine Capitán Simpson (SS-21).jpg, ''Simpson'' SS-21
(''Thomson'' class)

Frigates

File:Revista Naval no Rio de Janeiro - 2022.jpg, ''Almirante Williams'' FF-19
(Type 22 frigate) File:CNS Almirante Lynch - RIMPAC 2022 Fleet Sails in Formation.jpg, ''Almirante Lynch'' FF-07
(Type 23 frigate) File:Almirante Blanco Encalada (FF-15).jpg, ''Almirante Blanco Encalada'' FF-15
(''Karel Doorman'' class)

Fast attack boats

Patrols

In addition to the naval units in this table, the navy has patrol boats that have no names and are identified only by their pennant number. These are: * 26 patrol boats (Type LPM and LSR) and 16 patrol boats (Type PM) of the US company

SAFE Boats International Founded in 1997, SAFE Boats International is an American-based boat manufacturer. SAFE stands for Secure All-around Flotation Equipped. Their headquarters is near Seattle in neighboring Bremerton, Washington. SAFE Boats International manufacture ...

were acquired between 2006 and 2014, according to the Rhin-Sar project. * Another 15 ''Defender'' class patrol boats were acquired between 2018 and 2020 from the same company, according to the Rhin II Lacustre project. File:Botadura al mar de la embarcación “Cabo Odger” (28640402542).jpg, ''Cabo Odger'' OPV-84
(''OPV-80'' class) File:PATRULLERA QUINTERO LSG-1621.JPG, ''Quintero'' LSG-1621
(''Protector'' class) File:Bote guarda costa.JPG, LPM-4402
(''Archangel'' class)

Transports and amphibious ships

There are also three small support barges that were purchased from France in 2011 together with the LPD. These are the LCU ''Canave'' of the ''CDIC'' class and the LCM ''Reyes'' and ''Fuentes'' of the ''CTM'' class. File:Partner nations sailing together 140815-N-KL795-251.jpg, ''Sargento Aldea'' LSDH-91
(''Foudre'' class) File:Transporte Aquiles (AP-41).jpg, ''Aquiles'' AP-41 File:CB 066.JPG, ''Rancagua'' LST-92
(''BATRAL'' class)

Replenishment vessels

File:2019-03-19 CNS ALMIRANTE MONTT AO-52 - IMO 8325559.jpg, ''Almirante Montt'' AO-52
(''Henry J. Kaiser'' class) File:Chilean oiler Araucano (AO-53) underway in the Pacific Ocean on 22 June 2019 (190622-N-NU281-1421).JPG, ''Araucano'' AO-53

Research vessels

There are also two hydrographic support boats to carry out work in shallow waters. The boat ''Albatros'' LH-01, acquired in 2008, and a ''Defender'' class boat, acquired in 2015, and identified by pennant number LH-02. File:2019-03-19 CNS CABO DE HORNOS (AGS-61) - IMO 9495351.jpg, ''Cabo de Hornos'' AGS-61 File:14 01 2020 - Visita do MD as instalações da marinha na Antártica. (50814755052).jpg, ''Corneta Cabrales'' PSH-77
(''Taitao'' class)

Rescue vessel

Medical patrol vessel

Fleet tugs

File:REMOLCADOR GALVARINO ATF-66.JPG, ''Galvarino'' ATF-66
(''Veritas'' class)

Ferries

Training ship

File:Esmeralda BE43.jpg, ''Esmeralda'' BE-43
(''Juan Sebastián Elcano'' class)

Historical relic

File:RH monitor Huascar.JPG, RH ''Huáscar''

Footnotes

References

Sources

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External links

Armada de Chile — Unidades Navales
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