HMS Margaretta
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HMS Margaretta was a British armed schooner notable for being captured by American colonists during the 1775 Battle of Machias, one of the first naval engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Margaretta canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17350630 — 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 Margaretta Context triple: [Battle of Machias, shipInvolved, HMS Margaretta]
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HMS Santa Margarita
HMS Santa Margarita was a Royal Navy frigate that served during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, notably participating in the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
HMS Crescent
HMS Crescent was a Royal Navy warship of the late 18th century, best known as the frigate commanded by distinguished British naval officer James Saumarez during his early career.
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C.
HMS Salamander
HMS Salamander was a Royal Navy vessel of the 19th century, notable among other things for having been commanded by British naval officer and Arctic explorer George Nares.
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D.
HMS Morne Fortunee
HMS Morne Fortunee was a Royal Navy warship that served during the Napoleonic Wars, notably taking part in major naval engagements in the Caribbean.
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E.
HMS Sophie
HMS Sophie is a fictional Royal Navy brig-sloop featured in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin historical naval novels as Jack Aubrey’s early command.
- 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 Margaretta Target entity description: HMS Margaretta was a British armed schooner notable for being captured by American colonists during the 1775 Battle of Machias, one of the first naval engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
HMS Santa Margarita
HMS Santa Margarita was a Royal Navy frigate that served during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, notably participating in the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
HMS Crescent
HMS Crescent was a Royal Navy warship of the late 18th century, best known as the frigate commanded by distinguished British naval officer James Saumarez during his early career.
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C.
HMS Salamander
HMS Salamander was a Royal Navy vessel of the 19th century, notable among other things for having been commanded by British naval officer and Arctic explorer George Nares.
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D.
HMS Morne Fortunee
HMS Morne Fortunee was a Royal Navy warship that served during the Napoleonic Wars, notably taking part in major naval engagements in the Caribbean.
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E.
HMS Sophie
HMS Sophie is a fictional Royal Navy brig-sloop featured in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin historical naval novels as Jack Aubrey’s early command.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.