French ship Impérial
E537917
French ship Impérial was a large French Navy ship of the line from the Napoleonic era, notable as the flagship engaged and destroyed during the 1806 Battle of San Domingo against the British Royal Navy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| French ship Impérial canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5660990 — 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: French ship Impérial Context triple: [Participation in the Battle of San Domingo, involvesShip, French ship Impérial]
-
A.
French Navy ship De Grasse
The French Navy ship De Grasse is a warship named in honor of Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse, famed for his decisive role in the American Revolutionary War.
-
B.
French flagship L’Orient
The French flagship L’Orient was a massive 120-gun ship of the line that famously exploded and sank during the Battle of the Nile in 1798, becoming one of the most dramatic naval losses of the French Revolutionary Wars.
-
C.
Couronne (French ship)
Couronne was a French warship that gained historical significance for its role in the 1756 Battle of Minorca during the Seven Years' War.
-
D.
Foudroyant (French ship)
Foudroyant was a prominent 80-gun French ship of the line of the mid-18th century that played a key role in naval actions such as the Seven Years' War.
-
E.
French battleship Bouvet
The French battleship Bouvet was a pre-dreadnought warship of the French Navy that famously sank after striking a mine during the Gallipoli campaign in World War I.
- 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: French ship Impérial Target entity description: French ship Impérial was a large French Navy ship of the line from the Napoleonic era, notable as the flagship engaged and destroyed during the 1806 Battle of San Domingo against the British Royal Navy.
-
A.
French Navy ship De Grasse
The French Navy ship De Grasse is a warship named in honor of Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse, famed for his decisive role in the American Revolutionary War.
-
B.
French flagship L’Orient
The French flagship L’Orient was a massive 120-gun ship of the line that famously exploded and sank during the Battle of the Nile in 1798, becoming one of the most dramatic naval losses of the French Revolutionary Wars.
-
C.
Couronne (French ship)
Couronne was a French warship that gained historical significance for its role in the 1756 Battle of Minorca during the Seven Years' War.
-
D.
Foudroyant (French ship)
Foudroyant was a prominent 80-gun French ship of the line of the mid-18th century that played a key role in naval actions such as the Seven Years' War.
-
E.
French battleship Bouvet
The French battleship Bouvet was a pre-dreadnought warship of the French Navy that famously sank after striking a mine during the Gallipoli campaign in World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French Navy ship
ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ |
| allegiance | First French Empire ⓘ |
| armamentRole | line-of-battle ship ⓘ |
| armamentType | smoothbore muzzle-loading naval guns ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of San Domingo ⓘ |
| battleDate | 6 February 1806 ⓘ |
| class | 118-gun ship of the line ⓘ |
| commanderAtBattle | Corentin-Urbain Leissègues ⓘ |
| conflict | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | wood ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| crewType | sailors and marines ⓘ |
| designedFor | fleet actions in the line of battle ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| engagedAgainst |
British West Indies squadron
ⓘ
linked to:
British Caribbean squadron
|
| engagement | Battle of San Domingo ⓘ |
| engagementOutcome | captured and destroyed by superior British force ⓘ |
| era | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| fate |
destroyed in battle
ⓘ
run ashore and burnt ⓘ |
| flagOfficer |
Vice-Admiral Corentin-Urbain Leissègues
ⓘ
linked to:
Vice-Amiral Corentin-Urbain Leissègues
|
| flagshipOf | French squadron at the Battle of San Domingo ⓘ |
| gunCount | 118 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | part of the last major fleet action of the Royal Navy in the Caribbean during the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| locationOfLoss |
Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
off Santo Domingo ⓘ |
| lostDuringReignOf | Napoleon I ⓘ |
| navalPower |
French Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
First French Empire
|
| navalTacticUsedAgainst | close action by British ships of the line ⓘ |
| navalTechnology | age of sail warship ⓘ |
| navalTheater |
Caribbean theater of the Napoleonic Wars
ⓘ
linked to:
Napoleonic Wars in the Caribbean
|
| notableFor |
being destroyed at the Battle of San Domingo
ⓘ
serving as French flagship in the Caribbean ⓘ |
| operator | French Navy ⓘ |
| opponent |
British Royal Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Navy
|
| opposingCommander | Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| rate | first-rate ship of the line ⓘ |
| roleAtBattle | flagship ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
Marine nationale
ⓘ
linked to:
Marine Nationale
|
| shipCategory |
ship lost in combat
ⓘ
shipwreck of the Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| shipType | three-decker ship of the line ⓘ |
| strategicResultOfLoss | contributed to British control of the Caribbean sea lanes ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| usedIn | blue-water naval warfare ⓘ |
| yearOfLoss | 1806 ⓘ |
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: French ship Impérial Description of subject: French ship Impérial was a large French Navy ship of the line from the Napoleonic era, notable as the flagship engaged and destroyed during the 1806 Battle of San Domingo against the British Royal Navy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.