HMCS Harry DeWolf
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HMCS Harry DeWolf is a Royal Canadian Navy Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship that serves as the lead vessel of the Harry DeWolf class, designed for operations in Canada's northern and coastal waters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMCS Harry DeWolf canonical | 3 |
| ship HMCS Harry DeWolf | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3000783 — 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: HMCS Harry DeWolf Context triple: [Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel, firstShip, HMCS Harry DeWolf]
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A.
HMCS Stadacona
HMCS Stadacona is a major Royal Canadian Navy shore establishment and administrative base located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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B.
HMCS Windsor
HMCS Windsor is a Canadian Royal Navy diesel-electric attack submarine of the Victoria class, used primarily for coastal defense, surveillance, and training operations.
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C.
HMCS Victoria
HMCS Victoria is a Canadian Royal Navy diesel-electric attack submarine that serves as the lead vessel of the Victoria-class.
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D.
HMCS Chicoutimi
HMCS Chicoutimi is a Canadian Royal Navy Victoria-class diesel-electric attack submarine used for patrol, surveillance, and training operations.
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E.
HMCS Corner Brook
HMCS Corner Brook is a Canadian Victoria-class diesel-electric attack submarine serving in the Royal Canadian Navy.
- 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: HMCS Harry DeWolf Target entity description: HMCS Harry DeWolf is a Royal Canadian Navy Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship that serves as the lead vessel of the Harry DeWolf class, designed for operations in Canada's northern and coastal waters.
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A.
HMCS Stadacona
HMCS Stadacona is a major Royal Canadian Navy shore establishment and administrative base located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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B.
HMCS Windsor
HMCS Windsor is a Canadian Royal Navy diesel-electric attack submarine of the Victoria class, used primarily for coastal defense, surveillance, and training operations.
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C.
HMCS Victoria
HMCS Victoria is a Canadian Royal Navy diesel-electric attack submarine that serves as the lead vessel of the Victoria-class.
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D.
HMCS Chicoutimi
HMCS Chicoutimi is a Canadian Royal Navy Victoria-class diesel-electric attack submarine used for patrol, surveillance, and training operations.
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E.
HMCS Corner Brook
HMCS Corner Brook is a Canadian Victoria-class diesel-electric attack submarine serving in the Royal Canadian Navy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship
ⓘ
military vessel ⓘ naval ship ⓘ |
| additionalBerths | for approximately 20–40 mission personnel ⓘ |
| armament |
25 mm main gun
ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 19 metres ⓘ |
| builder | Irving Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| canCarry |
boats
ⓘ
shipping containers ⓘ small vehicles ⓘ |
| canEmbark |
CH-148 Cyclone helicopter
ⓘ
linked to:
CH-148 Cyclone
|
| class | Harry DeWolf-class ⓘ |
| commissioned | 2021-06-26 ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 65 core crew ⓘ |
| deliveredToNavy | 2020-07-31 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
operations in Canada's coastal waters
ⓘ
operations in Canada's northern waters ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 6600 tonnes full load ⓘ |
| endurance | up to 120 days ⓘ |
| flightDeck | yes ⓘ |
| hangar | yes ⓘ |
| hasMissionBay | yes ⓘ |
| hasVehicleBay | yes ⓘ |
| homeport |
Halifax, Nova Scotia
ⓘ
linked to:
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
|
| iceCapability | Polar Class 5 (PC5) or equivalent Arctic ice capability ⓘ |
| laidDown | 2016-06-08 ⓘ |
| launched | 2018-09-15 ⓘ |
| leadShipOfClass | Harry DeWolf-class ⓘ |
| length | approximately 103 metres ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 17 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Harry DeWolf ⓘ |
| notableActivity | first Harry DeWolf-class ship to sail through the Northwest Passage on an operational deployment ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
disaster relief
ⓘ
humanitarian assistance ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ sovereignty patrols in the Arctic ⓘ support to other government departments ⓘ support to scientific research ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
Arctic patrol
ⓘ
offshore patrol ⓘ |
| program | National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy ⓘ |
| propulsion | diesel-electric ⓘ |
| range | over 6000 nautical miles ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ |
| shipPrefix | HMCS ⓘ |
| shipyard | Halifax Shipyard ⓘ |
| status | in active service ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: HMCS Harry DeWolf Description of subject: HMCS Harry DeWolf is a Royal Canadian Navy Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship that serves as the lead vessel of the Harry DeWolf class, designed for operations in Canada's northern and coastal waters.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Vice-Admiral Harry DeWolf
subject linked to:
DeWolf
linked to: HMCS Harry DeWolf
subject linked to:
Royal Canadian Navy Harry DeWolf-class ships