Kammala wannan magana: Bayan yakin neman 'yanci, jerin rikice-rikice sun nuna muhimmancin sojojin ruwa ga al'umma. Na farko daga cikin wadannan rikice-rikice sun kasance
Yaƙin Confederation (1836<unk>1839), Yaƙin Tsibirin Chincha (1864<unk>1866), da Yaƙin Pacific (1879<unk>1883). Ginin Fuerte Bulnes a cikin Magellan Strait ya zama farkon farkon jerin binciken Sojojin Ruwa na Chile, wanda masu binciken ruwa na ruwa suka jagoranta, kamar Francisco Vidal Gormaz da Francisco Hudson, a cikin yankin da ba a san shi ba tsakanin Magellan Strait da Chiloé. Don magance wannan sabon yanki na aiki, sojojin ruwa sun kafa Ofishin Hydrographic a 1874, wanda darektan sa na farko shi ne Francisco Vidal Gormaz.