Chilean Navy Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Chilean Navy ''Armada de Chile''
Coat of arms of the Chilean Navy
Active	1817-present
Country	Chile
Size	25,000 personnel 71 vessels 8 frigates 4 submarines 4 amphibious warfare ship 7 fast attack craft 8 patrol boat 39 auxiliary ship
Motto(s)	Vencer o Morir ("Conquer or Die")
Anniversaries	21 May, Día de las Glorias Navales (Navy Day)
Engagements	Chilean War of Independence (1810–1826) Peruvian War of Independence (1811–1824) War of the Confederation (1836–1839) Chincha Islands War (1864–1866) War of the Pacific (1879–1883) Chilean Civil War (1891)
Commanders
Current commander	Edmundo González Robles
Notable commanders	Lord Thomas Cochrane Manuel Blanco Encalada Juan José Latorre Arturo Prat Jorge Montt Juan Williams Rebolledo
Insignia
Naval Ensign
Naval Jack
Roundel of Naval Aviation

The Chilean Navy is the naval section of the Chilean Armed Forces.

History
Chilean Marines
Present
Inventory
Related pages
Images for kids
See also

History

The origins of the Chilean Navy date back to 1817, when General Bernardo O'Higgins prophetically declared after the Chilean victory at the Battle of Chacabuco that a hundred such victories would count for nothing if Chile did not gain control of the sea.

This led to the development of the Chilean Navy, and the first legal resolutions outlining the organization of the institution were created.

Chilean Marines

Chilean Navy special forces sailors seen here using the MP5N.

The Chilean Marines or (Infanteria de Marina de Chile) are the land/amphibious attack force of the Chilean Navy. The 5,000 man force combines special training and tactics with state-of-the-art equipment.

Present

The 25,000-person navy, including 5,200 Marines, is directed by Admiral Enrique Larrañaga Martin as of 2013. Of the fleet of sixty-six surface vessels (soon to be increased to seventy-four), twenty-one are major combatant ships based in Valparaíso. The navy operates its own aircraft for transport and patrol; there are no fighter or bomber aircraft. The Navy also operates four submarines and a tender ship to support them, all based in Talcahuano.

The Chilean Navy is generally considered to be among the most capable and professional in the Americas, considered by specialists the fourth most capable navy in the Americas, behind Canadian, Brazilian and American navies, and is heavily aligned with significant naval powers such as the British Royal Navy.

Inventory

Submarine

Type	vessels	source	mission	notes
Submarines
Type 209 - 1400L submarine	SS-20 Thomson SS-21 Simpson	Germany	Submarine	Updated in 2009 in ASMAR, among the improvements include the ability to launch Exocet missiles and the French combat management system SUBTICS.
Scorpène-class submarine	SS-23 O'Higgins SS-22 Carrera	Spain France	Submarine

Frigates

Type	vessel(s)	source	mission	notes
Surface Combatants
Type 23 frigate	Almirante Cochrane (ex-Norfolk)	United Kingdom	Anti-submarine warfare
	Almirante Lynch (ex-Grafton)
	Almirante Condell (ex-Marlborough)
Type 22 frigate	Almirante Williams (ex-Sheffield)	United Kingdom	General Purpose	Modernized in Talcahuano by ASMAR. Addition of an OTO Melara 76 mm gun, SAM Barak VL and SSM Harpoon.
M-class frigate	Almirante Blanco Encalada (ex-Abraham van der Hulst)	Netherlands
M-class frigate	Almirante Riveros (ex-Tjerk Hiddes)	Netherlands
L-class frigate	Almirante Latorre (ex-Jacob van Heemskerck)	Netherlands	Anti-aircraft warfare
L-class frigate	Capitán Prat (ex-Witte de With)	Netherlands	Anti-aircraft warfare

Fast attack craft

Type	vessel(s)	source	mission	photos	notes
Fast attack craft
Sa'ar 4-class missile boat	(LM-32) Chipana (LM-31) Casma (LM-34) Angamos	Israel	Missile boat		Northern Command

Replenishment vessels

Type	vessel	source	mission
Underway replenishment
Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler	AO-52 Almirante Montt (ex-Andrew J. Higgins)	United States	Underway replenishment
Araucano	AO-53 Araucano	Sweden	Underway replenishment

Amphibious warfare

Type	vessel	source	mission
Amphibious warfare
Foudre class	LSDH-91 Sargento Aldea (ex-Foudre)	France	Landing platform dock
Aquiles	AP-41	Chile	Amphibious warfare
Rancagua Chacabuco	LST-92 LST-95	Chile	Amphibious warfare

Patrol boat

Type	vessel	source	mission
Patrol boat
Patrulleros de Zona Marítima PZM	(OPV-81) Piloto Pardo (OPV-82) Comandante Toro (OPV-83) Marinero Fuentealba (OPV-84) Cabo Odger.	Chile	Patrol boat
Patrullero Clase "Taitao"	(PSG-71) Micalvi (PSG-72) Ortiz (PSG-73) Isaza (PSG-78) Sibbald (PSH-77) Cabrales (PMD-74) Cirujano Videla	Chile	Patrol boat
Grumete-class patrol boats	(LPC-1814) Díaz (LPC-1815) Bolados (LPC-1816) Salinas (LPC-1817) Téllez (LPC-1818) Bravo (LPC-1820) Machado (LPC-1822) Troncoso (LPC-1823) Hudson	Israel	Patrol boat

Military of Chile

Images for kids

The Chilean Squadron sails off for Perú
Chilean Navy officer's uniform, circa 1890
The Chilean Air Force bombs the Chilean Fleet at the port of Coquimbo during the Chilean naval mutiny of 1931.(Probably a faked photo)
Sa'ar 4 type ship of the Chilean Navy
Amphibious landing ship Foudre
Naval Battle of Iquique. Esmeralda versus Huascar
Battleship Almirante Latorre
The submarine Simpson (SS-21) entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 2004
Capitan Prat on the North Sea
Chilean Navy Cougar
Chilean frigate Almirante Blanco Encalada at Pearl Harbor, 2006
The Chilean training ship Esmeralda in Charlottetown
Headquarters of Chilean Navy, in Valparaíso

Chilean Navy facts for kids

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