German battleship Schleswig-Holstein
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The German battleship Schleswig-Holstein was a pre-dreadnought warship of the Imperial German Navy, later used by Nazi Germany, best known for firing the opening shots of World War II during the attack on Westerplatte in 1939.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| German battleship Schleswig-Holstein canonical | 2 |
| battleship Schleswig-Holstein | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T481935 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German battleship Schleswig-Holstein Context triple: [German attack on Westerplatte, usedShip, German battleship Schleswig-Holstein]
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German battleship Gneisenau
The German battleship Gneisenau was a World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship of the Scharnhorst class that conducted Atlantic raiding operations against Allied shipping.
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German battleship Scharnhorst
The German battleship Scharnhorst was a fast, heavily armed World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship known for its Atlantic raiding operations and eventual sinking by the Royal Navy in the Battle of the North Cape.
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German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen was a World War II Kriegsmarine warship famed for its role alongside battleship Bismarck in the Battle of the Denmark Strait and later as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
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Admiral Graf Spee
Admiral Graf Spee was a German "pocket battleship" (heavy cruiser) of the Kriegsmarine famed for its commerce raiding in the South Atlantic and its scuttling after the Battle of the River Plate early in World War II.
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German tanker Altmark
The German tanker Altmark was a World War II-era naval auxiliary ship of Nazi Germany, best known for its role in the 1940 Altmark Incident involving the rescue of British prisoners in Norwegian waters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German battleship Schleswig-Holstein Target entity description: The German battleship Schleswig-Holstein was a pre-dreadnought warship of the Imperial German Navy, later used by Nazi Germany, best known for firing the opening shots of World War II during the attack on Westerplatte in 1939.
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A.
German battleship Gneisenau
The German battleship Gneisenau was a World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship of the Scharnhorst class that conducted Atlantic raiding operations against Allied shipping.
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B.
German battleship Scharnhorst
The German battleship Scharnhorst was a fast, heavily armed World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship known for its Atlantic raiding operations and eventual sinking by the Royal Navy in the Battle of the North Cape.
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C.
German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen was a World War II Kriegsmarine warship famed for its role alongside battleship Bismarck in the Battle of the Denmark Strait and later as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
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D.
Admiral Graf Spee
Admiral Graf Spee was a German "pocket battleship" (heavy cruiser) of the Kriegsmarine famed for its commerce raiding in the South Atlantic and its scuttling after the Battle of the River Plate early in World War II.
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E.
German tanker Altmark
The German tanker Altmark was a World War II-era naval auxiliary ship of Nazi Germany, best known for its role in the 1940 Altmark Incident involving the rescue of British prisoners in Norwegian waters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pre-dreadnought battleship
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warship ⓘ |
| armament |
4 × 28 cm (11 in) main guns
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secondary battery of 17 cm and 8.8 cm guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| attacked |
Westerplatte
ⓘ
linked to:
Westerplatte Peninsula
|
| builder | Germaniawerft ⓘ |
| builtAt | Kiel ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1908 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | German Empire ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 700–800 officers and men ⓘ |
| damagedBy |
Soviet forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet armed forces
|
| date |
Battle of Jutland 31 May–1 June 1916
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Jutland
attack on Westerplatte 1 September 1939 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 13,000 tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | hulk raised and used for target practice after World War II ⓘ |
| firedOpeningShotsOf |
German invasion of Poland
ⓘ
linked to:
Invasion of Poland
|
| flagshipOf | German training squadron (various periods) ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1905 ⓘ |
| launched | 1906 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 127 meters ⓘ |
| locationDuringEvent | Danzig harbor ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 18 knots ⓘ |
| modernized | interwar years ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Province of Schleswig-Holstein
ⓘ
linked to:
Schleswig-Holstein
|
| navalEnsign |
Imperial German war ensign
ⓘ
Kriegsmarine war ensign ⓘ Reichsmarine war ensign ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial German war ensign
|
| notableEvent | fired opening shots of World War II ⓘ |
| operator |
Imperial German Navy
ⓘ
Kriegsmarine ⓘ Reichsmarine ⓘ |
| propulsion | triple-expansion steam engines ⓘ |
| reclassifiedAs | training ship in interwar period ⓘ |
| role |
gunnery training ship
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training ship ⓘ |
| scrapped | post-World War II ⓘ |
| servedInConflict |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ |
| shipClass | Deutschland-class battleship ⓘ |
| sunk | 1945 ⓘ |
| sunkAt |
Gotenhafen (Gdynia)
ⓘ
linked to:
Gdynia
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| tookPartIn | Battle of Jutland ⓘ |
| usedBy | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: German battleship Schleswig-Holstein Description of subject: The German battleship Schleswig-Holstein was a pre-dreadnought warship of the Imperial German Navy, later used by Nazi Germany, best known for firing the opening shots of World War II during the attack on Westerplatte in 1939.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: German battleship Schleswig-Holstein