Chilean ship Blanco Encalada
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Several ships of the Chilean Navy have been name Blanco Encalada after Manuel Blanco Encalada (1790–1876), a Vice Admiral and Chile's first President
, an Almirante Cochrane-class battery ship launched in 1874 as the Valparaiso, renamed Blanco Encalada in 1890, and sunk by a torpedo in 1891 during the Chilean Civil War, it was the first warship to ever be sunk by a self-propelled torpedo, a Presidente Errazuriz-class cruiser launched in 1893 and scrapped in 1946, a Fletcher-class destroyer, the former USS Wadleigh (DD-689), transferred to Chile in 1963, and scrapped in 1983, a County class destroyer, the former HMS Fife (D20), commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 1988, decommissioned in 2003, and scrapped in 2005, a Karel Doorman class frigate, the former HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst (F832), was sold to Chile in 2004, and commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 2005
, an Almirante Cochrane-class battery ship launched in 1874 as the Valparaiso, renamed Blanco Encalada in 1890, and sunk by a torpedo in 1891 during the Chilean Civil War, it was the first warship to ever be sunk by a self-propelled torpedo, a Presidente Errazuriz-class cruiser launched in 1893 and scrapped in 1946, a Fletcher-class destroyer, the former USS Wadleigh (DD-689), transferred to Chile in 1963, and scrapped in 1983, a County class destroyer, the former HMS Fife (D20), commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 1988, decommissioned in 2003, and scrapped in 2005, a Karel Doorman class frigate, the former HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst (F832), was sold to Chile in 2004, and commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 2005