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The Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada de Chile (SHOA, Spanish for Hydrological and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy) is an agency of the Chilean Navy managing situations dealing with hydrology and oceanography including tides and tsunamis. SHOA is also the official Chilean government timekeeper. [17]
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.
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 25,000 long tons (25,000 t) capital ship Chilean ...
SHOA or Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada de Chile (Spanish for Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy) is an agency of the Chilean Navy managing situations dealing with hydrography and oceanography, including tides and tsunamis.
The Chilean Navy (Spanish: Armada de Chile) is the naval force of Chile. The Chilean Navy dates back to 1817. The current Commander-in-Chief is Admiral Juan Andrés de la Maza Larrain. He was appointed by former President Sebastian Piñera on 18 June 2021. [1]
A Chilean Marine aiming the HK33A2 during training alongside U.S. Marines.. The Marine Corps was born with the establishment of the first armed forces of an independent Chile: the Corps was founded by Don Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme on June 16, 1818, through a Supreme Decree.
1 [7]: Cessna CitationJet United States VIP transport / trainer : CJ1: 4 [7]: 4 units received in 2001. [12]Gulfstream G-IV United States VIP transport / utility 4 [7]: 4 aircraft in total; the first acquired in 2005, the second in 2015, the third in 2020 and the fourth in 2021.
Manuel Tomás Thomson Porto Mariño (3 November 1839 – 27 February 1880) was a Chilean Navy officer who served in the War of the Pacific. [1] Thomson was given command of the ironclad vessel Huáscar following its capture by Chile during the Battle of Angamos.