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The Chilean Navy was founded in 1817 during Chile's War of Independence. Today, Brazil remains a major naval power and has the second most powerful navy in the Americas, second only to the United States. Brazil continued to modernize its fleet after World War II, and in 1960 saw a naval standoff against France over lobster fishing rights. In World War II it played an important role in the defense of allied convoys in the South Atlantic during the Battle of the Atlantic. The Brazilian Navy was used in a light capacity in both World War I & World War II, mostly as convoy escort duty and anti-submarine warfare. In 1906 Brazil ordered from a British shipyard the two most powerful Dreadnoughts in the world, Minas Gerais and São Paulo which were delivered in 1910, thus opening the naval arms race of South America. By the turn of the century Brazil had become a major naval power. In 1889 the Brazilian monarchy was overthrown and replaced with a republic. On Jthe Battle of Riachuelo between the Paraguayan Navy and the Brazilian Imperial Navy was the biggest naval battle between South American countries, and the Brazilian victory marked June 11 as the Brazilian Navy day. Brazil would use its navy to intervene in several South American conflicts. During the war a major victory was achieved in 1827 during the Battle of Monte Santiago.Īs the nineteenth century went on, Brazil grew to be a major power in South America and had one of the leading navies in the region. In 1825 territorial disputes with Argentina saw the navy called into action again during the Cisplatine War. During Brazil's war for independence, the new Imperial Brazilian Navy clashed with the Portuguese fleet several times before achieving independence. The Brazilian Navy was founded in 1822, the year Brazil declared independence from Portugal. BNS Almirante Abreu, Tier II cruiser Marinha do Brasil