Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan yaƙe-yaƙe na 'yanci, jerin rikice-rikice sun nuna mahimmancin sojojin ruwa ga al'umma. Na farko daga cikin wadannan rikice-rikice shine War of Confederation
(1836<unk>1839), Chincha Islands War (1864<unk>1866), da kuma Yakin 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.