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 Chilean State a naval power and an effective maritime service, to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity, maintain the security of the nation and support national interests in any place. Summary and method. The Chilean Navy currently has 133 active vessels. The following summary of the Chilean ships has been taken from the official website of  the navy and also from other references added in the article. According to the type or specialty of the ship they are: In the tables, the different ships are grouped according to their class. The tables begin with the class of the ships and name of the ships, followed by its hull classification symbol and pennant number (No.), year of commission (Comm.), Builder (indicating the place if possible), type, displacement, and note (ship references). The ship classes (and those without a class) with the largest displacement appear first in the list, sorted by year of commissioning. In the event that  a ship has been previously used by another navy or by a private naval company, the year of original commissioning will also be taken. The spaces in the table where the information is unknown or does not exist will bear the following symbol (—). Active ships. Patrols. In addition to the naval units in this table, the navy has patrol boats that have no names and are identified only by their pennant number. These are: Transports and amphibious ships. There are also three small support barges that were purchased from France in 2011 along with the LPD: LCU Canave, and LCM  Fuentes and Reyes. Research vessels. There are also two hydrographic support boats to carry out work in shallow waters. The boat Albatros LH-01, acquired in 2008, and a "Defender" class boat, acquired in 2015, and identified by pennant number LH-02.