HMS Cardiff (Type 26 frigate)
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HMS Cardiff (Type 26 frigate) is a next-generation Royal Navy anti-submarine warfare warship being built as part of the Global Combat Ship program to replace older Type 23 frigates.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Cardiff (Type 26 frigate) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11220868 — 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 Cardiff (Type 26 frigate) Context triple: [HMS Cardiff (D108), successor, HMS Cardiff (Type 26 frigate)]
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A.
HMS Glasgow (Type 26 frigate)
HMS Glasgow (Type 26 frigate) is a Royal Navy City-class anti-submarine warfare frigate designed as one of the UK’s next-generation global combat ships.
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B.
HMS Gurkha (F63)
HMS Gurkha (F63) was a Royal Navy destroyer of the late 1930s Tribal class, designed for high-speed fleet screening and offensive operations during World War II.
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C.
HMS Ocean
HMS Ocean was a British Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleship that served in the early 20th century, notably seeing action during World War I.
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D.
Type 26 frigate
The Type 26 frigate is a class of advanced, multi-mission Royal Navy warships designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and global combat operations.
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E.
HMS Astute
HMS Astute is the lead nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Royal Navy’s Astute class, known for its advanced stealth, endurance, and weapons systems.
- 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 Cardiff (Type 26 frigate) Target entity description: HMS Cardiff (Type 26 frigate) is a next-generation Royal Navy anti-submarine warfare warship being built as part of the Global Combat Ship program to replace older Type 23 frigates.
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A.
HMS Glasgow (Type 26 frigate)
HMS Glasgow (Type 26 frigate) is a Royal Navy City-class anti-submarine warfare frigate designed as one of the UK’s next-generation global combat ships.
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B.
HMS Gurkha (F63)
HMS Gurkha (F63) was a Royal Navy destroyer of the late 1930s Tribal class, designed for high-speed fleet screening and offensive operations during World War II.
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C.
HMS Ocean
HMS Ocean was a British Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleship that served in the early 20th century, notably seeing action during World War I.
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D.
Type 26 frigate
The Type 26 frigate is a class of advanced, multi-mission Royal Navy warships designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and global combat operations.
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E.
HMS Astute
HMS Astute is the lead nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Royal Navy’s Astute class, known for its advanced stealth, endurance, and weapons systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy warship
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Type 26 frigate ⓘ anti-submarine warfare ship ⓘ |
| airWing |
Merlin helicopter capable
ⓘ
Wildcat helicopter capable ⓘ |
| armamentPlanned |
close-in weapon systems
ⓘ
medium-calibre naval gun ⓘ vertical launch system for missiles ⓘ |
| builder |
BAE Systems
ⓘ
BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships ⓘ
linked to:
BAE Systems Naval Ships
|
| constructionSite |
Glasgow
ⓘ
River Clyde ⓘ Scotstoun shipyard ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedBy | BAE Systems ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Royal Navy Global Combat Ship requirement
ⓘ
low acoustic signature ⓘ quiet propulsion for submarine detection ⓘ |
| designedUnder |
Global Combat Ship design
ⓘ
linked to:
Global Combat Ship
|
| fleetRole | escort for Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
air defence
ⓘ
anti-submarine warfare ⓘ embarked helicopter operations ⓘ land-attack missions ⓘ surface warfare ⓘ towed array sonar operations ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
flight deck
ⓘ
hangar for helicopter ⓘ mission bay for boats and unmanned systems ⓘ |
| intendedCommissioningForce |
Royal Navy frigate flotilla
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Navy surface flotillas
|
| laidDown | 2022 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Cardiff
ⓘ
capital city of Wales ⓘ |
| navalService | Royal Navy surface fleet ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
Global Combat Ship programme
ⓘ
linked to:
Future Surface Combatant programme
Type 26 City-class frigates ⓘ
linked to:
Type 26 frigate
|
| precededBy | HMS Glasgow (Type 26 frigate) ⓘ |
| programmeRole | second Type 26 frigate for the Royal Navy ⓘ |
| propulsionType |
CODLOG
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combined diesel-electric or gas ⓘ |
| purpose |
anti-submarine warfare
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escort duties ⓘ protection of carrier strike groups ⓘ |
| replaces | Type 23 frigate ⓘ |
| shipClass |
City class
ⓘ
linked to:
City-class
Type 26 frigate ⓘ |
| status | under construction ⓘ |
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 Cardiff (Type 26 frigate) Description of subject: HMS Cardiff (Type 26 frigate) is a next-generation Royal Navy anti-submarine warfare warship being built as part of the Global Combat Ship program to replace older Type 23 frigates.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.