Her Majesty's Coastguard

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government agency maritime search and rescue organisation

Her Majesty's Coastguard is the United Kingdom’s national maritime search and rescue service responsible for coordinating emergency response and promoting safety around the UK coastline and at sea.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Her Majesty's Coastguard canonical	2
Coastguard	1
His Majesty's Coastguard	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6664547 — 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: Her Majesty's Coastguard
Context triple: [HM Coastguard, shortName, Her Majesty's Coastguard]

A. All At Sea
"All At Sea" is a jazz-influenced pop song by British singer-songwriter and pianist Jamie Cullum, featured on his breakthrough album "Twentysomething."
B. Moonfleet
Moonfleet is a 1955 adventure film directed by Fritz Lang, based on J. Meade Falkner’s novel about smugglers and hidden treasure on the English coast.
C. The Brigs of Ayr
"The Brigs of Ayr" is a poem by Robert Burns that personifies the old and new bridges over the River Ayr in Scotland to reflect on change, progress, and local life.
D. The Eagle of the Sea
The Eagle of the Sea is a 1926 American silent adventure film starring Rod La Rocque, known for its seafaring action and romantic drama.
E. The Captain Hates the Sea
The Captain Hates the Sea is a 1934 American comedy film written by Guy Bolton that follows a motley group of passengers aboard an ocean liner, blending farce, crime, and romance.
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: Her Majesty's Coastguard
Target entity description: Her Majesty's Coastguard is the United Kingdom’s national maritime search and rescue service responsible for coordinating emergency response and promoting safety around the UK coastline and at sea.

A. All At Sea
"All At Sea" is a jazz-influenced pop song by British singer-songwriter and pianist Jamie Cullum, featured on his breakthrough album "Twentysomething."
B. Moonfleet
Moonfleet is a 1955 adventure film directed by Fritz Lang, based on J. Meade Falkner’s novel about smugglers and hidden treasure on the English coast.
C. The Brigs of Ayr
"The Brigs of Ayr" is a poem by Robert Burns that personifies the old and new bridges over the River Ayr in Scotland to reflect on change, progress, and local life.
D. The Eagle of the Sea
The Eagle of the Sea is a 1926 American silent adventure film starring Rod La Rocque, known for its seafaring action and romantic drama.
E. The Captain Hates the Sea
The Captain Hates the Sea is a 1934 American comedy film written by Guy Bolton that follows a motley group of passengers aboard an ocean liner, blending farce, crime, and romance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ maritime search and rescue organisation ⓘ
coordinatesWith	Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal National Lifeboat Institution ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ UK fire and rescue services ⓘ UK police forces ⓘ linked to: UK law enforcement agencies ambulance services in the United Kingdom ⓘ volunteer coastguard rescue teams ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
duty	coordinating search and rescue missions ⓘ issuing maritime safety information ⓘ monitoring distress frequencies ⓘ receiving distress calls ⓘ supporting counter-pollution operations ⓘ supporting pollution response at sea ⓘ tasking search and rescue assets ⓘ
emergencyTelephoneNumber	112 ⓘ 999 ⓘ
employer	coastguard officers ⓘ coastguard rescue officers (volunteers) ⓘ operations room staff ⓘ
goal	preventing loss of life on the coast and at sea ⓘ saving lives at sea ⓘ
jurisdiction	UK search and rescue region ⓘ linked to: United Kingdom search and rescue region UK territorial waters ⓘ United Kingdom coastline ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	civilian organisation ⓘ
operates	coastguard operations centres ⓘ maritime rescue coordination centres ⓘ
oversees	UK search and rescue helicopters (tasking) ⓘ coastguard rescue teams ⓘ
parentOrganisation	Department for Transport ⓘ Maritime and Coastguard Agency ⓘ
partOf	United Kingdom search and rescue framework ⓘ
radioCallSign	Coastguard ⓘ linked to: Her Majesty's Coastguard
radioDistressChannel	VHF Channel 16 ⓘ
responsibleFor	maritime emergency response coordination ⓘ maritime search and rescue coordination ⓘ promoting maritime safety ⓘ safety around the UK coastline ⓘ safety at sea in UK waters ⓘ
sector	emergency services ⓘ maritime safety ⓘ
shortName	HM Coastguard ⓘ
usesCommunicationChannel	MF radio ⓘ VHF marine radio ⓘ linked to: VHF satellite communications ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HM Coastguard → shortName → Her Majesty's Coastguard ⓘ

HM Coastguard → alsoKnownAs → His Majesty's Coastguard ⓘ

linked to: Her Majesty's Coastguard

Marine Policing Unit → collaboratesWith → Her Majesty's Coastguard ⓘ

Her Majesty's Coastguard → radioCallSign → Coastguard ⓘ