Chilean ship Blanco Encalada

Several ships of the Chilean Navy have been named Blanco Encalada after Manuel Blanco Encalada (1790–1876), a Vice Admiral and Chile's first President


 * CHILEAN FRIGATE Blanco Encalada, an Almirante Cochrane-class central battery ironclad 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
 * CHILEAN CRUISER Blanco Encalada, a protected cruiser launched in 1893 and scrapped in 1946
 * CHILEAN DESTROYER Blanco Encalada, a Fletcher-class destroyer, the former USS Wadleigh (DD-689), transferred to Chile in 1963, and scrapped in 1983
 * CHILEAN DESTROYER Blanco Encalada, a County-class destroyer, the former HMS Fife (D20), commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 1988, decommissioned in 2003, and scrapped in 2005
 * CHILEAN FRIGATE Almirante Blanco Encalada, 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