The navy of Chile as described by Samuel Augustus Mitchell in his book published in 1837

“The navy, although it distinguished itself under Lord Cochrane, never formed any considerable force, comprising only one ship of sixty guns, two or three of fifty, with some corvettes and gun-brigs. Being old ships purchased from Britain, and having been in hard service, they are now considerable decayed, and the present state of the Chilean resources will probably prevent much being done to repair them”.

Source

Samuel Augustus Mitchell. An Accompaniment tot Mitchell’s map of the world: an Mercator’sprojection etc. Philadelphia 1837, p. 297. Digitized by Google.