aircraft carrier HMS Victorious
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HMS Victorious was a British Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service during the Second World War, including operations in the Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific theaters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| aircraft carrier HMS Victorious canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2917035 — 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 HMS Victorious Context triple: [Operation Halberd, escortIncluded, aircraft carrier HMS Victorious]
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A.
aircraft carrier HMS Furious
HMS Furious was a British Royal Navy warship that evolved from a modified battlecruiser into one of the world’s first dedicated aircraft carriers, serving prominently in both World Wars.
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B.
aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal
HMS Ark Royal was a famous British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of World War II, noted for its role in major Mediterranean and Atlantic operations and for helping disable the German battleship Bismarck.
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C.
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.
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D.
HMS Illustrious
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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E.
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.
- 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 HMS Victorious Target entity description: HMS Victorious was a British Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service during the Second World War, including operations in the Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific theaters.
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A.
aircraft carrier HMS Furious
HMS Furious was a British Royal Navy warship that evolved from a modified battlecruiser into one of the world’s first dedicated aircraft carriers, serving prominently in both World Wars.
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B.
aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal
HMS Ark Royal was a famous British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of World War II, noted for its role in major Mediterranean and Atlantic operations and for helping disable the German battleship Bismarck.
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C.
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.
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D.
HMS Illustrious
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
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Royal Navy ship ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| aircraftOperated |
Fairey Albacore
ⓘ
Fairey Barracuda ⓘ Fairey Gannet ⓘ Fairey Swordfish ⓘ Grumman Martlet ⓘ Hawker Sea Hawk ⓘ Supermarine Seafire ⓘ de Havilland Sea Vixen ⓘ |
| airGroup |
Fleet Air Arm squadrons
ⓘ
linked to:
Fleet Air Arm
|
| alliedWith | United States Navy ⓘ |
| armament |
4.5-inch dual-purpose guns
ⓘ
aircraft ⓘ light anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| beam | about 95 ft (29 m) at waterline ⓘ |
| builder | Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ |
| builtAt | Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1941-05-14 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1968 ⓘ |
| displacement |
23000 long tons (standard, approx.)
ⓘ
28000 long tons (full load, approx.) ⓘ |
| fate | scrapped ⓘ |
| fittedWith |
angled flight deck
ⓘ
mirror landing aid ⓘ steam catapults ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1937-05-04 ⓘ |
| launched | 1939-09-14 ⓘ |
| length | about 740 ft (226 m) overall after modernization ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 30 knots ⓘ |
| modernizedAs | angled-deck aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| navalBranch | Fleet Air Arm ⓘ |
| nickname |
Old Vic
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Vic Theatre
|
| notableFor | extensive multi-theatre service during World War II ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union
ⓘ
British Pacific Fleet operations ⓘ Operation Tungsten ⓘ attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz ⓘ operations against the German battleship Bismarck ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | R38 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| refit | major post-war modernization in the 1950s ⓘ |
| scrapped | late 1960s ⓘ |
| serviceEntryConflict |
Second World War
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linked to:
World War II
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| shipClass | Illustrious class ⓘ |
| shipType | fleet aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
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: aircraft carrier HMS Victorious Description of subject: HMS Victorious was a British Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service during the Second World War, including operations in the Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific theaters.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.