HMS Orion
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HMS Orion was a British Royal Navy ship of the line that gained renown for her distinguished service under Admiral Nelson during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Orion canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T496099 — 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: HMS Orion Context triple: [Battle of the Nile, notableShip, HMS Orion]
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A.
HMS Ajax
HMS Ajax was a British Leander-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that gained fame for its role in early World War II naval actions, particularly in the South Atlantic.
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B.
HMS Centurion
HMS Centurion was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that served during World War I and later as a target and decoy ship in World War II.
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C.
HMS Warspite
HMS Warspite was a renowned British Royal Navy battleship celebrated for its distinguished combat service in both World Wars.
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D.
HMS Drake
HMS Drake was a British armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in the early 20th century and serving prominently before and during World War I.
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E.
HMS Bellerophon
HMS Bellerophon was a British Royal Navy ship of the line famed for her prominent role in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, including the surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte aboard her in 1815.
- 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: HMS Orion Target entity description: HMS Orion was a British Royal Navy ship of the line that gained renown for her distinguished service under Admiral Nelson during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
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A.
HMS Ajax
HMS Ajax was a British Leander-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that gained fame for its role in early World War II naval actions, particularly in the South Atlantic.
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B.
HMS Centurion
HMS Centurion was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that served during World War I and later as a target and decoy ship in World War II.
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C.
HMS Warspite
HMS Warspite was a renowned British Royal Navy battleship celebrated for its distinguished combat service in both World Wars.
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D.
HMS Drake
HMS Drake was a British armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in the early 20th century and serving prominently before and during World War I.
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E.
HMS Bellerophon
HMS Bellerophon was a British Royal Navy ship of the line famed for her prominent role in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, including the surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte aboard her in 1815.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy warship
ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ |
| allegiance | Great Britain ⓘ |
| armament | 74 guns ⓘ |
| battleHonour |
Groix 1795
ⓘ
Nile 1798 ⓘ St Vincent 1797 ⓘ The Glorious First of June 1794 ⓘ
linked to:
Glorious First of June
Trafalgar 1805 ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Trafalgar
|
| builder |
Deptford Dockyard
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Dockyard, Deptford
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| class |
Orion-class ship of the line
ⓘ
linked to:
Orion-class battleship
|
| commissioned | 1788 ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 600 men ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Sir John Henslow
ⓘ
linked to:
John Stevens Henslow
|
| era | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| fate | broken up ⓘ |
| flag | White Ensign ⓘ |
| gunDecks | two gun decks ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | wood ⓘ |
| launched | 1787 ⓘ |
| locationOfConstruction |
Deptford, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Deptford
|
| namedAfter |
Orion (mythological hunter)
ⓘ
linked to:
Orion
|
| navalFleet |
British Royal Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Navy
|
| notableCommander | Captain Sir James Saumarez ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinguished service under Admiral Nelson
ⓘ
participation in major fleet actions against France and Spain ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| participatedInBattle |
Battle of Cape St Vincent
ⓘ
Battle of Groix ⓘ Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ Battle of the Nile ⓘ Glorious First of June ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| rate | 74-gun third-rate ship of the line ⓘ |
| roleAtBattleOfTheNile | served in Nelson’s van division ⓘ |
| roleAtBattleOfTrafalgar | engaged enemy ships in the lee column ⓘ |
| scrapped | 1814 ⓘ |
| servedInConflict |
French Revolutionary Wars
ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Admiral Horatio Nelson
ⓘ
linked to:
Horatio Nelson
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| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1814 ⓘ |
| serviceEntryYear | 1788 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 19th century
ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ |
| type | two-decker ship of the line ⓘ |
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: HMS Orion Description of subject: HMS Orion was a British Royal Navy ship of the line that gained renown for her distinguished service under Admiral Nelson during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.