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List of active ships of the Chilean Navy

This is a list of active ships of the Chilean Navy, which is one of the three branches of the Chilean Armed Forces. The Chilean Navy's mission is to provide the Chilean State with naval power and an effective maritime service, to safeguard sovereignty and territorial integrity, maintain the security of the nation and support national interests when necessary and in any place required.

As of April 2025, the Chilean Navy has more than 130 ships in service of various sizes and roles; four attack submarines, eight major surface combatants (frigates) and more than ninety minor surface combatants (patrols), some of which are only identified by their pennant number. These are followed by four amphibious ships with three support vessels that are identified only by their unofficial name, four survey vessels with two minor support vessels, eleven auxiliary ships and one training ship. Also a nominal ship, the Ironclad , which is really just a ceremonial ship and historical relic.

Key

The tables below use the following key:

Active ships

Submarine forces

Major surface combatants

Minor surface combatants

There are also small patrol boats built by the American company SAFE Boats International in Port Orchard, Washington, which are named and identified only by their pennant number:

  • Twenty-six patrol boats (13 tons), of which fourteen are of the maritime patrol version (LPM-4400 to 4413) and twelve of the self-righting version for rescue services (LSR-4420 to 4431), which were acquired between 2008 and 2014.
  • Thirty-one patrol boats (4.2 tons), of which sixteen were acquired between 2007 and 2012 (PM-2501 to 2515, and PM-2700), and another fifteen of the Defender 25 model incorporated between 2018 and 2020 (PM-2516 to 2530). These last units were co-produced by the American company, which designed them, and ASMAR, Valparaíso.

There is a cooperation agreement between SERNAPESCA and the Chilean Navy for the latter institution to operate the Pumar inspection boat model WR1250 Explorer called Guerrero PM-1250, built by ASMAR, Valparaíso and commissioned in 2020.

Amphibious forces

There are also three second-hand support landing ships that were acquired from France in 2011 together with the landing platform dock (LPD). These are the LCU Soldado Canave of the CDIC class (750 tons); built by SFCN in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, and the LCM Cabo Reyes and Soldado Fuentes of the CTM class (152 tons); both built by CMN in Cherbourg.

Survey vessels

There are also two small support boats for shallow water research work; the boat Albatros LH-01, acquired in 2008, and the boat Orca LH-02 of the , acquired in 2015 from the American company SAFE Boats International.

Auxiliary vessels

Training ship

Museum ship

Future ships

Only includes units purchased, under construction, or projected that already have financing.

Watercraft

They are small naval units of the Chilean Navy that usually serve as a complement to larger vessels, and that are not included in the previous list. This is due to their particular characteristics, and also they do not have a name or pennant number, and the number of units is unknown.

See also

Footnotes

References

Sources

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