Albanian Naval Force

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military branch naval force

The Albanian Naval Force is the maritime branch of Albania’s armed forces, responsible for coastal defense, maritime security, and fulfilling the country’s naval commitments within NATO.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Albanian Naval Force canonical	5
Albanian Navy	2
Albanian People's Navy	1
Albanian maritime authorities	1
Albanian naval forces	1
Armed Forces of Albania	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2000856 — 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: Albanian Naval Force
Context triple: [NATO naval forces, memberStatesContribute, Albanian Naval Force]

A. Romanian Navy
The Romanian Navy is the naval branch of Romania’s armed forces, responsible for defending the country’s Black Sea and Danube River interests and maritime security.
B. National Republican Navy
The National Republican Navy was the naval force of Mussolini's German-backed Italian Social Republic during the final years of World War II.
C. Syrian Arab Navy
The Syrian Arab Navy is the maritime branch of Syria's armed forces, responsible for coastal defense, naval operations, and securing the country's territorial waters in the Eastern Mediterranean.
D. Italian Navy
The Italian Navy is the maritime branch of Italy’s armed forces, responsible for naval defense, power projection, and maritime security operations at home and abroad.
E. Kosovo Force
The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping mission established in 1999 to provide security and stability in Kosovo following the Kosovo War.
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: Albanian Naval Force
Target entity description: The Albanian Naval Force is the maritime branch of Albania’s armed forces, responsible for coastal defense, maritime security, and fulfilling the country’s naval commitments within NATO.

A. Romanian Navy
The Romanian Navy is the naval branch of Romania’s armed forces, responsible for defending the country’s Black Sea and Danube River interests and maritime security.
B. National Republican Navy
The National Republican Navy was the naval force of Mussolini's German-backed Italian Social Republic during the final years of World War II.
C. Syrian Arab Navy
The Syrian Arab Navy is the maritime branch of Syria's armed forces, responsible for coastal defense, naval operations, and securing the country's territorial waters in the Eastern Mediterranean.
D. Italian Navy
The Italian Navy is the maritime branch of Italy’s armed forces, responsible for naval defense, power projection, and maritime security operations at home and abroad.
E. Kosovo Force
The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping mission established in 1999 to provide security and stability in Kosovo following the Kosovo War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military branch ⓘ naval force ⓘ
allianceCommitment	NATO ⓘ
cooperatesWith	European Union maritime missions ⓘ linked to: EU missions Greek Navy ⓘ linked to: Hellenic Navy Italian Navy ⓘ NATO Allied Maritime Command ⓘ linked to: NATO Maritime Command
country	Albania ⓘ
garrison	Durrës Naval Base ⓘ linked to: Port of Durrës Pashaliman Naval Base ⓘ
hasCapability	maritime interdiction ⓘ maritime law enforcement support ⓘ port security support ⓘ search and rescue at sea ⓘ
hasComponent	coastal surveillance units ⓘ naval training structures ⓘ patrol boat flotilla ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Durrës ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of the Republic of Albania ⓘ linked to: Constitution of Albania Law on the Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania ⓘ
militaryBranchOf	Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania ⓘ
operatesIn	Adriatic Sea ⓘ Albanian exclusive economic zone ⓘ Albanian territorial waters ⓘ Ionian Sea ⓘ
participatesIn	NATO exercises ⓘ linked to: NATO naval exercises NATO maritime operations ⓘ
partOf	Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania ⓘ
primaryMission	defense of Albania’s maritime sovereignty ⓘ fulfillment of Albania’s NATO naval obligations ⓘ
role	coastal defense ⓘ maritime security ⓘ protection of territorial waters ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ support to civil authorities at sea ⓘ
serviceBranch	Albanian Armed Forces ⓘ linked to: Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania
subordinateTo	General Staff of the Albanian Armed Forces ⓘ Ministry of Defence of Albania ⓘ
symbol	naval ensign of Albania ⓘ
task	counter-illegal migration at sea ⓘ counter-smuggling operations at sea ⓘ environmental protection at sea ⓘ hydrographic activities ⓘ mine countermeasures ⓘ support to international peacekeeping missions at sea ⓘ surveillance of maritime borders ⓘ

How these facts were elicited