aircraft carrier Clemenceau

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aircraft carrier conventionally powered aircraft carrier fixed-wing aircraft carrier fleet carrier warship

The aircraft carrier Clemenceau was a French Navy conventionally powered fleet carrier that served as a central platform for fixed-wing aircraft and naval operations during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier	2
aircraft carrier Clemenceau canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2056727 — 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: aircraft carrier Clemenceau
Context triple: [Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard, launchPlatform, aircraft carrier Clemenceau]

A. aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is France’s nuclear-powered flagship and only CATOBAR-equipped carrier, serving as the core of the French Navy’s blue-water power projection.
B. HMS Ark Royal (seaplane carrier)
HMS Ark Royal was a pioneering British seaplane carrier of World War I that provided vital aerial reconnaissance and support during early naval aviation operations.
C. HMS Queen Elizabeth
HMS Queen Elizabeth is the Royal Navy’s lead Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier and one of the largest and most advanced warships ever built for the United Kingdom.
D. HMS Hermes
HMS Hermes was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, notable as one of the world’s first purpose-built carriers and for being sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Indian Ocean during World War II.
E. Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers
The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers are the Royal Navy’s largest and most advanced warships, designed as modern flagship vessels capable of deploying fixed-wing jets and helicopters for global power projection.
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: aircraft carrier Clemenceau
Target entity description: The aircraft carrier Clemenceau was a French Navy conventionally powered fleet carrier that served as a central platform for fixed-wing aircraft and naval operations during the Cold War.

A. aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is France’s nuclear-powered flagship and only CATOBAR-equipped carrier, serving as the core of the French Navy’s blue-water power projection.
B. HMS Ark Royal (seaplane carrier)
HMS Ark Royal was a pioneering British seaplane carrier of World War I that provided vital aerial reconnaissance and support during early naval aviation operations.
C. HMS Queen Elizabeth
HMS Queen Elizabeth is the Royal Navy’s lead Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier and one of the largest and most advanced warships ever built for the United Kingdom.
D. HMS Hermes
HMS Hermes was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, notable as one of the world’s first purpose-built carriers and for being sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Indian Ocean during World War II.
E. Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers
The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers are the Royal Navy’s largest and most advanced warships, designed as modern flagship vessels capable of deploying fixed-wing jets and helicopters for global power projection.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aircraft carrier ⓘ conventionally powered aircraft carrier ⓘ fixed-wing aircraft carrier ⓘ fleet carrier ⓘ warship ⓘ
aircraftFacilities	angled flight deck ⓘ arresting gear ⓘ hangar deck ⓘ steam catapults ⓘ
beam	approximately 51 meters overall ⓘ
builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne ⓘ
builtAt	Brest ⓘ
carriedAircraftType	Aérospatiale Alouette III ⓘ Aérospatiale Puma ⓘ linked to: Aérospatiale SA 330J Puma Breguet Alizé ⓘ Dassault Étendard IV ⓘ Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard ⓘ linked to: Super Étendard aircraft Vought F-8 Crusader ⓘ linked to: F-8 Crusader
class	Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier ⓘ linked to: aircraft carrier Clemenceau
commissioned	1961-11-22 ⓘ
complement	approximately 1,900 personnel including air wing ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
decommissioned	1997-10-01 ⓘ
displacement	approximately 32,700 tons standard ⓘ approximately 35,000 tons full load ⓘ
enteredService	1961 ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
flagshipOf	French Navy task groups ⓘ
homePort	Toulon ⓘ
hullNumber	R98 ⓘ
laidDown	1955-11-26 ⓘ
launched	1957-12-21 ⓘ
leadShipOfClass	Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier ⓘ linked to: aircraft carrier Clemenceau
length	approximately 265 meters ⓘ
maximumSpeed	approximately 32 knots ⓘ
namedAfter	Georges Clemenceau ⓘ
operator	French Navy ⓘ
outOfService	1997 ⓘ
participatedIn	Gulf War naval operations ⓘ Lebanon operations in the 1980s ⓘ
primaryRole	fleet air defense ⓘ naval aviation operations ⓘ power projection ⓘ
propulsion	conventional steam turbines ⓘ oil-fired boilers ⓘ
propulsionType	conventionally powered ⓘ
scrappedIn	India ⓘ
scrappingCompleted	2010 ⓘ
serviceBranch	Marine Nationale ⓘ linked to: French Navy
status	scrapped ⓘ
successor	Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
usedFor	fixed-wing aircraft operations ⓘ helicopter operations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard → launchPlatform → aircraft carrier Clemenceau ⓘ

subject linked to: Super Étendard aircraft

Clemenceau → class → Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

subject linked to: aircraft carrier Clemenceau

linked to: aircraft carrier Clemenceau

Clemenceau → leadShipOfClass → Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier ⓘ