The list of decommissioned ships of the Chilean Navy is mostly compiled from information given in the website of th
Chilean Navy
It consists of over 500 ''historical units'' including ships of the Patria Vieja, prizes,

fireship A fire ship or fireship, used in the days of wooden rowed or sailing ships, was a ship filled with combustibles, or gunpowder deliberately set on fire and steered (or, when possible, allowed to drift) into an enemy fleet, in order to destroy sh ...

s, armed merchant ships, auxiliary ships,

capital ship The capital ships of a navy are its most important warships; they are generally the larger ships when compared to other warships in their respective fleet. A capital ship is generally a leading or a primary ship in a naval fleet. Strategic im ...

s and, of course, regular warships of the navy ranging from the

to small

torpedo boat A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs were steam-powered craft dedicated to ramming enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes. Later evolutions launched variants of ...

s and early wooden vessels. At the beginning, the Chilean Navy was almost entirely composed of merchant ships enlisted into naval service in time of war, hence the distinction between warships and merchant ships is often blurred and ships changed their status quickly and subtly. See also: * Ships under Chilean Letter of marque (in this article) * List of undelivered ships (in this article) *

List of active ships of the Chilean Navy 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 navy has several naval units that allow it to offer the Chile, Chilean State a naval power and an effective maritime servic ...

Key

*Shipname - is a shortened form of the official name but includes the launch year (or commissioning year). Rank and titles of persons are not shown. *HCS -

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 ...

*type - is an English translation of the type given in Navy website *t - includes different measures for the size of the ships: Displacement,

BRT BRT may refer to: Transportation * Block register territory, a method for dispatching trains * British Rail Telecommunications * Brookhaven Rail Terminal * Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, a former transit holding company in New York City * Bro ...

, BM, Long ton, etc. *Unit - Unit of the previous number *other names - outside the service time in the navy. If the ship was renamed during her service in the navy, then Ren. is set and respectively an Ex- prefix is given in the grey row with the new name. *Init - the year of the first service for the navy *Builder - shipyard for new ships, the name of the navy that sold the (old) ship or "prize" if the ship was captured *End - last year of service in the navy *Fate- the last information about the ship. *Reference

List of ships operated by the Chilean Navy

List of ships ordered or bought by the Chilean Navy, but never commissioned

List of ships under Chilean Letter of marque

On 20 November 1817 the Chilean government, under

Bernardo O'Higgins Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (; August 20, 1778 – October 24, 1842) was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque-Spanish and Irish ancestry. Alth ...

issued a Letter of marque, a decree authorizing private persons to attack and capture enemy vessels and bring them before courts for condemnation and sale.Lizandro Godoy Araneda
El corso en el derecho chileno
Revista Marina, retrieved on 1 January 2013

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