RRS Sir David Attenborough
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RRS Sir David Attenborough is a modern British polar research ship designed for scientific exploration and logistical support in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| RRS Sir David Attenborough canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4619695 — 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: RRS Sir David Attenborough Context triple: [British Antarctic Survey, operatesVessel, RRS Sir David Attenborough]
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A.
RRS Charles Darwin
RRS Charles Darwin was a British Royal Research Ship operated by the Natural Environment Research Council and used primarily for oceanographic and marine geological research.
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B.
RRS Discovery
RRS Discovery is a British Royal Research Ship best known as the Antarctic exploration vessel used by Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton during the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904).
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C.
HMS Challenger
HMS Challenger was a 19th-century British Royal Navy survey ship famed for leading the pioneering Challenger expedition (1872–1876), which laid the foundations of modern oceanography.
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D.
HMS Beagle
HMS Beagle was a 19th-century Royal Navy survey ship best known for carrying Charles Darwin on the voyage that contributed to the development of his theory of evolution by natural selection.
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E.
Royal Research Ship
The Royal Research Ship (RRS) is a designation used by the United Kingdom for its government-owned oceanographic and polar research vessels.
- 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: RRS Sir David Attenborough Target entity description: RRS Sir David Attenborough is a modern British polar research ship designed for scientific exploration and logistical support in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
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A.
RRS Charles Darwin
RRS Charles Darwin was a British Royal Research Ship operated by the Natural Environment Research Council and used primarily for oceanographic and marine geological research.
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B.
RRS Discovery
RRS Discovery is a British Royal Research Ship best known as the Antarctic exploration vessel used by Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton during the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904).
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C.
HMS Challenger
HMS Challenger was a 19th-century British Royal Navy survey ship famed for leading the pioneering Challenger expedition (1872–1876), which laid the foundations of modern oceanography.
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D.
HMS Beagle
HMS Beagle was a 19th-century Royal Navy survey ship best known for carrying Charles Darwin on the voyage that contributed to the development of his theory of evolution by natural selection.
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E.
Royal Research Ship
The Royal Research Ship (RRS) is a designation used by the United Kingdom for its government-owned oceanographic and polar research vessels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
icebreaking research ship
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polar research vessel ⓘ |
| beam | 24 m ⓘ |
| builder | Cammell Laird ⓘ |
| builtAt | Birkenhead ⓘ |
| constructionCost | about £200 million ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewCapacity | about 30 crew ⓘ |
| delivered | 2020-11-27 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Antarctic operations
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Arctic operations ⓘ |
| displacement | about 15000 tonnes ⓘ |
| draught | 7 m ⓘ |
| endurance | about 60 days ⓘ |
| enteredService | 2021 ⓘ |
| flag | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| grossTonnage | about 15000 GT ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
ROV handling systems
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cargo holds for supplies ⓘ container storage on deck ⓘ helicopter hangar ⓘ helicopter landing pad ⓘ moon pool ⓘ oceanographic equipment ⓘ wet and dry laboratories ⓘ |
| icebreakingCapability | up to 1 m thick level ice at 3 knots ⓘ |
| iceClass | Polar Class 4 ⓘ |
| keelLaid | 2016-10-17 ⓘ |
| launched | 2018-07-14 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | 129 m ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 17.5 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | David Attenborough ⓘ |
| notableEvent | public naming poll led to suggestion Boaty McBoatface ⓘ |
| operator | British Antarctic Survey ⓘ |
| owner | Natural Environment Research Council ⓘ |
| portOfRegistry | Stanley, Falkland Islands ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
polar logistics support
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polar scientific research ⓘ |
| projectName | UK polar research ship project ⓘ |
| propulsionType |
azimuth thrusters
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diesel-electric ⓘ |
| range | about 19000 nautical miles ⓘ |
| relatedVessel |
Boaty McBoatface (autonomous submersible)
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linked to:
DSV Deepsea Challenger
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| replaced |
RRS Ernest Shackleton
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RRS James Clark Ross ⓘ |
| scientistCapacity | about 60 scientists and support staff ⓘ |
| shipType |
logistics support vessel
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research vessel ⓘ |
| shipyard |
Cammell Laird Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders Limited
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linked to:
Cammell Laird
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| supportsActivity |
atmospheric science
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geophysics ⓘ glaciology ⓘ marine biology ⓘ oceanography ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: RRS Sir David Attenborough Description of subject: RRS Sir David Attenborough is a modern British polar research ship designed for scientific exploration and logistical support in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
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