Chilean Navy

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[1]
Naval Jack
Roundel of Naval Aviation

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

Gallery

• 
  The Naval Combat of Iquique. The Esmeralda versus the Huascar
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  Battleship Almirante Latorre. 32.000 Tons
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  CS Simpson (SS-21) entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 2004
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  Capitan Prat on the North Sea
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  Chilean Navy Cougar
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  Chilean frigate Almirante Blanco Encalada (FF-15) at Pearl Harbor, 2006

Related pages

• Military of Chile

References

1. Chile uses its national flag as an ensign.

Other websites

• Chilean Navy - Official website (in Spanish and English)
• Organic structure of the Chilean Navy Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)