BAE Abdón Calderón was a naval ship

Naval ship

A naval ship is a ship used for combat purposes, commonly by a navy. Naval ships are differentiated from civilian ships by construction and purpose...

 of Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

. It was launched in 1886.

During the 1941 border conflict with Peru the Calderon had a encounter in the Jambeli channel with the Peruvian Orfey class destroyer

Orfey class destroyer

The Orfey-class destroyers were built for the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. They were modified versions of the Novik and the Derzky-class destroyers. These ships were larger, had triple torpedo tubes and an extra gun. Fourteen ships were completed in 1914 - 1917 and fought in World...

 Almirante Villar. After an exchange of fire the Ecuadorian ship returned immediately to Puerto Bolivar to avoid being destroyed by the Peruvian vessel. This incident was of no lasting consequences to the war.

Today Calderon is a museum ship in Guayaquil

Guayaquil

Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...

, Ecuador.