HMS Illustrious
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HMS Illustrious was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious-class that saw significant action during the Second World War, particularly in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Illustrious canonical | 8 |
| HMS Illustrious (R06) | 3 |
| HMS Illustrious (R87) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2489605 — 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 Illustrious Context triple: [Philip Vian, commanded, HMS Illustrious]
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A.
HMS Indomitable
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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B.
HMS Formidable
HMS Formidable was a British Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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C.
HMS Glorious
HMS Glorious was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, originally built as a battlecruiser, that served during the interwar period and early World War II before being sunk in 1940.
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D.
HMS Duke of York
HMS Duke of York was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that served prominently in World War II, including in Arctic convoy operations and the Battle of the North Cape.
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E.
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.
- 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 Illustrious Target entity description: HMS Illustrious was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious-class that saw significant action during the Second World War, particularly in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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A.
HMS Indomitable
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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B.
HMS Formidable
HMS Formidable was a British Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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C.
HMS Glorious
HMS Glorious was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, originally built as a battlecruiser, that served during the interwar period and early World War II before being sunk in 1940.
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D.
HMS Duke of York
HMS Duke of York was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that served prominently in World War II, including in Arctic convoy operations and the Battle of the North Cape.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
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Royal Navy ship ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| airGroupSize |
about 36 aircraft (early war)
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about 57 aircraft (later war) ⓘ |
| antiAircraftArmament |
2-pounder "pom-pom" guns
ⓘ
Bofors 40 mm guns ⓘ
linked to:
40 mm Bofors autocannon
Oerlikon 20 mm cannon ⓘ
linked to:
Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons
|
| armourBeltThickness | 4.5 inches ⓘ |
| armourFlightDeckThickness | 3 inches ⓘ |
| armourHangarSidesThickness | 4.5 inches ⓘ |
| armourType | armoured flight deck ⓘ |
| beam | 29.2 m ⓘ |
| builder | Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ |
| builtAt | Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1940-05-25 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| damagedBy |
Luftwaffe Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers
ⓘ
linked to:
Junkers Ju 87
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| decommissioned | 1954-02-03 ⓘ |
| displacement |
23000 tons (standard)
ⓘ
28000 tons (full load) ⓘ |
| draught | 8.5 m ⓘ |
| honoursAndAwards | multiple battle honours for Mediterranean and Pacific operations ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1937-04-27 ⓘ |
| launched | 1939-04-05 ⓘ |
| length | 227.4 m ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 30 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | the quality of illustriousness ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
heavily damaged by German dive bombers in January 1941
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launched the Fleet Air Arm attack on Taranto in November 1940 ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | 87 ⓘ |
| postwarUse | training and trials carrier ⓘ |
| predecessorNameUsage | third Royal Navy ship to bear the name "Illustrious" ⓘ |
| primaryArmament | 4 × twin 4.5-inch dual-purpose guns ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| repairedAt |
Norfolk Navy Yard, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Norfolk Navy Yard
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| repairedIn | 1941 ⓘ |
| scrapped | 1956 ⓘ |
| servedInConflict |
Second World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
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| shipClass | Illustrious class ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations |
Indian Ocean
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Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Battle of Cape Matapan
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Battle of Taranto ⓘ
linked to:
Attack on Taranto
British Pacific Fleet operations ⓘ
linked to:
British Pacific Fleet
Eastern Fleet operations in the Indian Ocean ⓘ Malta convoys ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Mediterranean
Operation Judgement (Taranto) ⓘ
linked to:
Attack on Taranto
Operation Pedestal (support phase) ⓘ
linked to:
Operation Pedestal
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How these facts were elicited
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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 Illustrious Description of subject: HMS Illustrious was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious-class that saw significant action during the Second World War, particularly in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Captain Philip Vian
linked to: HMS Illustrious
subject linked to:
H.M.S. Britannia naval training ship
linked to: HMS Illustrious
linked to: HMS Illustrious
linked to: HMS Illustrious