Italian cruiser Bolzano
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Italian cruiser Bolzano was a Trento-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that served as a fast, heavily armed warship in the Mediterranean during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Italian cruiser Bolzano canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3614030 — 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)
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Target entity: Italian cruiser Bolzano Context triple: [Battle of Cape Spartivento, shipInvolved, Italian cruiser Bolzano]
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A.
Italian cruiser Gorizia
Italian cruiser Gorizia was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that served as a major Italian surface combatant in the Mediterranean during World War II.
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B.
Italian cruiser Fiume
Italian cruiser Fiume was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that saw significant action in World War II before being sunk by British forces at the Battle of Cape Matapan in 1941.
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C.
Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni
Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni was a Giussano-class light cruiser of the Regia Marina that served in the early years of World War II before being sunk by Allied forces in the Mediterranean.
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D.
Italian cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
Italian cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere was a Condottieri-class light cruiser of the Regia Marina that served in World War II, noted for its high speed and participation in Mediterranean naval operations before being sunk in 1942.
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E.
Italian heavy cruiser Zara
Italian heavy cruiser Zara was a World War II-era lead ship of the Zara-class heavy cruisers of the Regia Marina, noted for her powerful armor and armament before being lost in combat.
- 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: Italian cruiser Bolzano Target entity description: Italian cruiser Bolzano was a Trento-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that served as a fast, heavily armed warship in the Mediterranean during World War II.
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A.
Italian cruiser Gorizia
Italian cruiser Gorizia was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that served as a major Italian surface combatant in the Mediterranean during World War II.
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B.
Italian cruiser Fiume
Italian cruiser Fiume was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that saw significant action in World War II before being sunk by British forces at the Battle of Cape Matapan in 1941.
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C.
Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni
Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni was a Giussano-class light cruiser of the Regia Marina that served in the early years of World War II before being sunk by Allied forces in the Mediterranean.
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D.
Italian cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
Italian cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere was a Condottieri-class light cruiser of the Regia Marina that served in World War II, noted for its high speed and participation in Mediterranean naval operations before being sunk in 1942.
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E.
Italian heavy cruiser Zara
Italian heavy cruiser Zara was a World War II-era lead ship of the Zara-class heavy cruisers of the Regia Marina, noted for her powerful armor and armament before being lost in combat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Regia Marina ship
ⓘ
Trento-class cruiser ⓘ heavy cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | seaplanes ⓘ |
| aircraftFacilities | catapult ⓘ |
| armamentAntiAircraft |
13.2 mm machine guns
ⓘ
37 mm AA guns ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 8 × 203 mm/50 guns in four twin turrets ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 16 × 100 mm guns ⓘ |
| armamentTorpedoTubes | 8 × 533 mm torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| beam | 20.6 m ⓘ |
| builder | OTO Livorno ⓘ |
| commissioned | 19 August 1933 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Italy ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 725 ⓘ |
| damagedBy |
Royal Navy submarines
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Navy Submarine Service
|
| dateDamagedSeverely | 25 August 1942 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 13,665 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 10,000 tons ⓘ |
| draft | 6.8 m ⓘ |
| fate | wreck broken up after World War II ⓘ |
| laidDown | 11 June 1930 ⓘ |
| laidUp | La Spezia ⓘ |
| launched | 31 August 1932 ⓘ |
| length | 196.96 m ⓘ |
| locationDamagedSeverely | near Stromboli, Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 36 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bolzano ⓘ |
| operator |
Regia Marina
ⓘ
linked to:
Italian Navy
|
| participatedIn |
Battle of Calabria
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Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ Battle of Cape Spartivento ⓘ |
| powerOutput | approximately 150,000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
8 oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | approximately 4,000 nmi at 16 knots ⓘ |
| reasonForScuttling | to prevent capture by German forces ⓘ |
| role |
convoy raider
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fast cruiser ⓘ fleet escort ⓘ |
| scuttled | September 1943 ⓘ |
| scuttledBy | Italian frogmen ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1933 ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Trento class
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linked to:
Italian cruiser Trento
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| shipyard | Livorno ⓘ |
| statusAfter1942Attack | heavily damaged and put out of front-line service ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| torpedoedBy |
HMS Triumph
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HMS Unbroken ⓘ |
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Subject: Italian cruiser Bolzano Description of subject: Italian cruiser Bolzano was a Trento-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that served as a fast, heavily armed warship in the Mediterranean during World War II.
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