List of decommissioned ships of the Chilean Navy

The list of decommissioned ships of the Chilean Navy is mostly compiled from information given in the website of the Chilean Navy. It consists of over 500 historical units including ships of the Patria Vieja, prizes, fireships, armed merchant ships, auxiliary ships, capital ships and, of course, regular warships of the navy ranging from the 25000 LT capital ship CHILEAN BATTLESHIP Almirante Latorre to small torpedo boats and early wooden vessels.

At the beginning, the Chilean Navy was almost entirely composed of merchant ships enlisted into naval service in time of war, hence the distinction between warships and merchant ships is often blurred and ships changed their status quickly and subtly.

See also:


 * Ships under Chilean Letter of marque (in this article)
 * List of undelivered ships (in this article)
 * List of active ships of the Chilean Navy

Key

 * Shipname - is a shortened form of the official name but includes the launch year (or commissioning year). Rank and titles of persons are not shown.
 * HCS - Hull classification symbol
 * type - is an English translation of the type given in Navy website
 * t - includes different measures for the size of the ships: Displacement, BRT, BM, Long ton, etc.
 * Unit - Unit of the previous number
 * other names - outside the service time in the navy. If the ship was renamed during her service in the navy, then Ren. is set and respectively an Ex- prefix is given in the grey row with the new name.
 * Init - the year of the first service for the navy
 * Builder - shipyard for new ships, the name of the navy that sold the (old) ship or "prize" if the ship was captured
 * End - last year of service in the navy
 * Fate- the last information about the ship.
 * Reference

List of ships under Chilean Letter of marque
On 20 November 1817 the Chilean government, under Bernardo O'Higgins issued a Letter of marque, a decree authorizing private persons to attack and capture enemy vessels and bring them before courts for condemnation and sale.