The Mission of the Chilean Navy
The main mission of the Chilean Navy is to participate in Chile’s foreign security and military defense on an ongoing basis, thereby safeguarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity. In support...
The Three Vectors Strategy
The Navy’s actions and its role in the international realm form the basis of the Three Vectors Naval Strategy. The objective of this strategy is to obtain control of the sea so that, during times of conflict,...
The Defence Vector
This vector refers to the direct defence of Chilean territory, its citizens, assets and rights. The Chilean Navy acts jointly with the Army and Air Force to deter or repel potential aggressors. During...
The International Vector
On an international level, the Navy’s main challenge is to integrate today’s globalized world. With 80% of total foreign trade carried out by shipping, the Chilean economy relies on appropriate maritime...
The Maritime Vector
This vector aims to control and supervise Chile’s extensive maritime areas, and promote and protect its interests from a mostly social and economic perspective. Chile’s destiny lies with the sea. It is...
Meet our Navy
Chile: A Maritime Nation
History of the Navy
The Navy today
Our contribution to Chilean development
Apart from being responsible for defending the nation’s sovereignty and its territory, the Chilean Navy is also involved in serving the public and supporting the country’s citizens by means of assignments...
The Chilean Navy has been present in the Antarctic continent since 1947. Current institutional activities in the region aim to maintain the Navy’s presence in the Chilean Antarctic Territory.
One of the most valuable results obtained by the work carried out by the Chilean Navy and civilian organizations was the discovery of extensive deposits of underwater gas hydrates along the coasts of...
” UNITAS exercises began as a bilateral naval exercise with the U.S. Navy, in 1959. They were created within the context of the Cold War in order to offer a coordinated answer from the United States and...
One of the ways in which the Chilean Navy has contributed to national development is by means of the oceanographic ship “Vidal Gormaz”, to search for natural gas beneath the seabed of the Chilean coast....
he Navy’s Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOA) is constantly developing new nautical cartography that enables safe navigation in Chilean waters. The Institution develops charts in electronic...