HMS Newcastle (D87)
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HMS Newcastle (D87) was a Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer that served primarily in air-defense and fleet escort roles from the late 1970s until its decommissioning in the early 2000s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Newcastle (D87) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10936214 — 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 Newcastle (D87) Context triple: [HMS Sheffield (D80), sisterShip, HMS Newcastle (D87)]
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A.
HMS Ivanhoe (D16)
HMS Ivanhoe (D16) was a British I-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during the early years of World War II before being lost in 1940.
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B.
HMS Birmingham (D86)
HMS Birmingham (D86) was a Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer that served primarily in air defense and fleet escort roles during the late 20th century.
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C.
HMS Glasgow (D88)
HMS Glasgow (D88) was a Royal Navy Type 42 guided-missile destroyer that served prominently during the Falklands War and Cold War era.
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D.
HMS Cardiff (D108)
HMS Cardiff (D108) was a Royal Navy Type 42 guided-missile destroyer that saw notable service during the Falklands War and other late 20th-century operations.
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E.
HMS Coventry (D118)
HMS Coventry (D118) was a British Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer best known for her service and sinking during the Falklands War in 1982.
- 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 Newcastle (D87) Target entity description: HMS Newcastle (D87) was a Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer that served primarily in air-defense and fleet escort roles from the late 1970s until its decommissioning in the early 2000s.
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A.
HMS Ivanhoe (D16)
HMS Ivanhoe (D16) was a British I-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during the early years of World War II before being lost in 1940.
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B.
HMS Birmingham (D86)
HMS Birmingham (D86) was a Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer that served primarily in air defense and fleet escort roles during the late 20th century.
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C.
HMS Glasgow (D88)
HMS Glasgow (D88) was a Royal Navy Type 42 guided-missile destroyer that served prominently during the Falklands War and Cold War era.
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D.
HMS Cardiff (D108)
HMS Cardiff (D108) was a Royal Navy Type 42 guided-missile destroyer that saw notable service during the Falklands War and other late 20th-century operations.
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E.
HMS Coventry (D118)
HMS Coventry (D118) was a British Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer best known for her service and sinking during the Falklands War in 1982.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy destroyer
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Type 42 destroyer ⓘ |
| aircraftFacilities |
flight deck for Lynx helicopter
ⓘ
hangar for Lynx helicopter ⓘ |
| armament |
4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
ⓘ
Sea Dart surface-to-air missile system ⓘ anti-submarine torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| builder | Swan Hunter ⓘ |
| callSign | GJQK ⓘ |
| category |
Cold War destroyer of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
Type 42 destroyers of the Royal Navy ⓘ |
| commissioned | 23 March 1978 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 250 personnel ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1 February 2005 ⓘ |
| displacement |
approximately 4,100 tons standard
ⓘ
approximately 4,800 tons full load ⓘ |
| electronicWarfare | electronic support measures suite ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| laidDown | 21 April 1975 ⓘ |
| launched | 25 April 1977 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 125 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | over 30 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
City of Newcastle upon Tyne
ⓘ
linked to:
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
| navalEnsign | White Ensign ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | Royal Navy surface fleet ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | D87 ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
air-defense destroyer
ⓘ
fleet escort ⓘ |
| propulsion | COGOG gas-turbine propulsion ⓘ |
| radar |
air-search radar
ⓘ
fire-control radar ⓘ |
| role |
airspace surveillance
ⓘ
convoy protection ⓘ task group escort ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Cold War
ⓘ
Gulf region operations ⓘ |
| serviceEndPeriod | early 2000s ⓘ |
| serviceEntryPeriod | late 1970s ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Type 42 (Sheffield-class) destroyer
ⓘ
linked to:
Type 42 destroyer
|
| shipyard |
Wallsend, Tyne and Wear
ⓘ
linked to:
Wallsend
|
| status | scrapped ⓘ |
| successorClass | Type 45 destroyer ⓘ |
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 Newcastle (D87) Description of subject: HMS Newcastle (D87) was a Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer that served primarily in air-defense and fleet escort roles from the late 1970s until its decommissioning in the early 2000s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.