BAE Abdón Calderón

BAE Abdón Calderón was a naval ship of Ecuador. It was launched in 1886.

During the 1941 border conflict with Peru the gunboat Calderon had an encounter in the Jambeli channel with the Peruvian Orfey class destroyer Almirante Villar. After sighting the Peruvian ship, the Calderón engaged the Peruvian vessel, a clash ensued in which the Peruvian ship received multiple impacts, after suffering heavy damage it returned to its home port Callao. As a result of this action, the Ecuadorian warship and its commander, Captain Rafael Moran Valverde received the highest condecorations of the navy. This incident had lasting consequences to the war, helping defend the port of Guayaquil.

Today Calderon is a museum ship in Guayaquil, Ecuador.