Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates
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“Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates” was the humorous nickname given to the British ship HMS Captain’s unusual rigging arrangement that enabled Admiral Horatio Nelson’s daring close-quarters tactics at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.
All labels observed (1)
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| Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2773575 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates Context triple: [Battle of Cape St Vincent, nickname, Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates]
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On the Catalogue of Ships
On the Catalogue of Ships is an ancient scholarly work by Apollodorus of Athens that analyzes and comments on the famous ship list in Book 2 of Homer’s Iliad.
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Durham boat
A Durham boat is a flat-bottomed, shallow-draft cargo vessel historically used on North American rivers, notably employed by George Washington to transport troops across the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Wooden Ships
"Wooden Ships" is a classic late-1960s counterculture rock song, co-written by David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Paul Kantner, that imagines survivors escaping a nuclear apocalypse by sea.
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D.
Admiralty anchor
The Admiralty anchor is a traditional, stock-equipped anchor design that became an enduring emblem of naval authority and maritime heritage.
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E.
State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy
The State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy is a historic ceremonial gun carriage used by Royal Navy sailors to bear the coffins of British monarchs and other prominent figures during state funerals.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates Target entity description: “Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates” was the humorous nickname given to the British ship HMS Captain’s unusual rigging arrangement that enabled Admiral Horatio Nelson’s daring close-quarters tactics at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.
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A.
On the Catalogue of Ships
On the Catalogue of Ships is an ancient scholarly work by Apollodorus of Athens that analyzes and comments on the famous ship list in Book 2 of Homer’s Iliad.
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B.
Durham boat
A Durham boat is a flat-bottomed, shallow-draft cargo vessel historically used on North American rivers, notably employed by George Washington to transport troops across the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Wooden Ships
"Wooden Ships" is a classic late-1960s counterculture rock song, co-written by David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Paul Kantner, that imagines survivors escaping a nuclear apocalypse by sea.
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D.
Admiralty anchor
The Admiralty anchor is a traditional, stock-equipped anchor design that became an enduring emblem of naval authority and maritime heritage.
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E.
State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy
The State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy is a historic ceremonial gun carriage used by Royal Navy sailors to bear the coffins of British monarchs and other prominent figures during state funerals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
naval nickname
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nickname ⓘ |
| appliedInContext | Age of Sail naval warfare ⓘ |
| appliedTo | HMS Captain ⓘ |
| associatedWithDate | 1797 ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Battle of Cape St Vincent ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describesFeatureOf | HMS Captain’s rigging arrangement ⓘ |
| enables |
boarding enemy first-rate ships
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close-quarters tactics ⓘ |
| hasHumorousCharacter | true ⓘ |
| hasNotableAssociation |
Napoleonic-era naval tactics (pre-Napoleonic, late 18th century)
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Royal Navy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Horatio Nelson ⓘ |
| purpose | to describe the unusual rigging that enabled close-quarters boarding tactics ⓘ |
| refersTo | the rigging arrangement of HMS Captain ⓘ |
| relatedBattle | Battle of Cape St Vincent ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
boarding bridge
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ship rigging ⓘ |
| relatedPerson | Horatio Nelson ⓘ |
| relatedShip | HMS Captain ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Admiral Horatio Nelson
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linked to:
Horatio Nelson
Royal Navy officers ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates Description of subject: “Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates” was the humorous nickname given to the British ship HMS Captain’s unusual rigging arrangement that enabled Admiral Horatio Nelson’s daring close-quarters tactics at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.
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