HMS Indomitable
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HMS Indomitable was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious class that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Indomitable canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1360292 — 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 Indomitable Context triple: [Indian Ocean raid, involvedUnit, HMS Indomitable]
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A.
HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Prince of Wales is a Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, designed to project air power and support a wide range of naval operations worldwide.
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B.
HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Prince of Wales was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that saw significant action in World War II, including engagements against the German battleship Bismarck and service in the Pacific before being sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1941.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Indomitable Target entity description: HMS Indomitable was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious class that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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A.
HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Prince of Wales is a Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, designed to project air power and support a wide range of naval operations worldwide.
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B.
HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Prince of Wales was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that saw significant action in World War II, including engagements against the German battleship Bismarck and service in the Pacific before being sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1941.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
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Royal Navy ship ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| aircraftOperated |
Fairey Albacore
ⓘ
Fairey Swordfish ⓘ Grumman Avenger ⓘ
linked to:
Grumman TBF Avenger
Grumman Hellcat ⓘ
linked to:
Grumman F6F Hellcat
Grumman Martlet ⓘ
linked to:
Grumman F4F Wildcat
Hawker Sea Hurricane ⓘ
linked to:
Hawker Hurricane
Supermarine Seafire ⓘ |
| airGroupCapacity | approximately 45–50 aircraft ⓘ |
| armourFeature | armoured flight deck ⓘ |
| builder | Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ |
| builtAt | Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ |
| commissioned | 10 October 1941 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| damagedBy | German dive bombers ⓘ |
| damagedIn | Operation Pedestal ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1947 ⓘ |
| displacement |
approximately 23,000 tons standard
ⓘ
approximately 29,000 tons full load ⓘ |
| enteredServiceYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| laidDown | 10 November 1937 ⓘ |
| launched | 26 March 1940 ⓘ |
| length | about 740 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 30 knots ⓘ |
| notableRole |
carrier air support for Allied amphibious operations
ⓘ
carrier strikes against Japanese targets in final stages of World War II ⓘ escort and strike carrier in Mediterranean convoys ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
British Eastern Fleet operations
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean
British Pacific Fleet operations ⓘ
linked to:
British Pacific Fleet
Malta convoys ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Mediterranean
Operation Pedestal ⓘ Operation Torch ⓘ air strikes on Japanese-held targets in the Pacific ⓘ air strikes on Sumatra ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | 92 ⓘ |
| placedInReserve | post-World War II ⓘ |
| propulsion |
four shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| scrapped | 1955 ⓘ |
| shipClass | Illustrious class ⓘ |
| shipType | fleet aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| theatre |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
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 Indomitable Description of subject: HMS Indomitable was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious class that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.