HMS Belfast
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HMS Belfast is a preserved Royal Navy light cruiser turned museum ship moored on the River Thames in London.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Belfast canonical | 11 |
| British cruiser HMS Belfast | 2 |
| HMS Belfast (C35) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T963113 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HMS Belfast Context triple: [Southwark, hasLandmark, HMS Belfast]
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A.
HMS Intrepid
HMS Intrepid was a British Royal Navy destroyer that served during the early years of World War II, notably participating in operations against German naval forces.
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B.
HMS Ajax
HMS Ajax was a British Leander-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that gained fame for its role in early World War II naval actions, particularly in the South Atlantic.
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C.
HMS Warspite
HMS Warspite was a renowned British Royal Navy battleship celebrated for its distinguished combat service in both World Wars.
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D.
HMS Vanguard
HMS Vanguard was a British Royal Navy ship of the line best known for serving as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship during the decisive 1798 Battle of the Nile in the French Revolutionary Wars.
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E.
HMS Centurion
HMS Centurion was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that served during World War I and later as a target and decoy ship in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HMS Belfast Target entity description: HMS Belfast is a preserved Royal Navy light cruiser turned museum ship moored on the River Thames in London.
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A.
HMS Intrepid
HMS Intrepid was a British Royal Navy destroyer that served during the early years of World War II, notably participating in operations against German naval forces.
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B.
HMS Ajax
HMS Ajax was a British Leander-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that gained fame for its role in early World War II naval actions, particularly in the South Atlantic.
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C.
HMS Warspite
HMS Warspite was a renowned British Royal Navy battleship celebrated for its distinguished combat service in both World Wars.
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D.
HMS Vanguard
HMS Vanguard was a British Royal Navy ship of the line best known for serving as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship during the decisive 1798 Battle of the Nile in the French Revolutionary Wars.
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E.
HMS Centurion
HMS Centurion was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that served during World War I and later as a target and decoy ship in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Town-class light cruiser
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museum ship ⓘ preserved warship ⓘ |
| armament |
12 × 4-inch guns (dual-purpose, as built)
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12 × 6-inch guns (in four triple turrets, as built) ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| battle |
Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union
ⓘ
linked to:
Arctic theatre of World War II
Battle of North Cape ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the North Cape
Normandy landings ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Normandy
|
| beam | 63 feet 4 inches ⓘ |
| builder | Harland and Wolff ⓘ |
| builtAt | Belfast ⓘ |
| city |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| commissioned | 5 August 1939 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Korean War
ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryLocatedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 850 (wartime, approx.) ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1963 ⓘ |
| displacement |
11000 tons (standard, approx.)
ⓘ
14000 tons (full load, approx.) ⓘ |
| draught | 17 feet 3 inches ⓘ |
| hasExhibitType |
Korean War exhibits
ⓘ
Second World War exhibits ⓘ naval history exhibits ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic warship ⓘ |
| laidDown | 10 December 1936 ⓘ |
| launched | 17 March 1938 ⓘ |
| length | 613 feet ⓘ |
| location | near Tower Bridge, London ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Imperial War Museum
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial War Museums
|
| maximumSpeed | 32 knots (approx.) ⓘ |
| mooredOn |
River Thames
ⓘ
linked to:
Thames
|
| namedAfter | Belfast ⓘ |
| openedToPublic | 1971 ⓘ |
| operation | Operation Overlord ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
Royal Navy cruiser force
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Navy cruiser squadron
|
| preservedAs | museum ship ⓘ |
| propulsion |
four propeller shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
Arctic convoy escort
ⓘ
flagship ⓘ naval gunfire support ship ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1939 ⓘ |
| visitorAttraction | tourist attraction in London ⓘ |
| website | https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/hms-belfast ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HMS Belfast Description of subject: HMS Belfast is a preserved Royal Navy light cruiser turned museum ship moored on the River Thames in London.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: HMS Belfast
linked to: HMS Belfast
linked to: HMS Belfast