38-gun frigate HMS Shannon
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The 38-gun frigate HMS Shannon was a renowned Royal Navy warship best known for its decisive victory over the American frigate USS Chesapeake during the War of 1812.
All labels observed (1)
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| 38-gun frigate HMS Shannon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21196280 — 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: 38-gun frigate HMS Shannon Context triple: [Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon, BritishShipRate, 38-gun frigate HMS Shannon]
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A.
HMS Guerriere
HMS Guerriere was a British Royal Navy frigate best known for being decisively defeated by the American frigate USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
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B.
HMS Serapis
HMS Serapis was a British Royal Navy warship best known for its capture by John Paul Jones’s Bonhomme Richard during a fierce 1779 naval battle off Flamborough Head in the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
frigate Belle-Poule
The frigate Belle-Poule was a 19th-century French naval vessel best known for repatriating Napoleon Bonaparte’s remains from Saint Helena to France in 1840.
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D.
HMS Leopard
HMS Leopard was a British Royal Navy warship best known for its role in the 1807 Chesapeake–Leopard affair, a pivotal naval incident that heightened tensions between Britain and the United States before the War of 1812.
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E.
HMS Leopard
HMS Leopard is a fictional Royal Navy warship featured in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin historical novel series.
- 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: 38-gun frigate HMS Shannon Target entity description: The 38-gun frigate HMS Shannon was a renowned Royal Navy warship best known for its decisive victory over the American frigate USS Chesapeake during the War of 1812.
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A.
HMS Guerriere
HMS Guerriere was a British Royal Navy frigate best known for being decisively defeated by the American frigate USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
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B.
HMS Serapis
HMS Serapis was a British Royal Navy warship best known for its capture by John Paul Jones’s Bonhomme Richard during a fierce 1779 naval battle off Flamborough Head in the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
frigate Belle-Poule
The frigate Belle-Poule was a 19th-century French naval vessel best known for repatriating Napoleon Bonaparte’s remains from Saint Helena to France in 1840.
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D.
HMS Leopard
HMS Leopard was a British Royal Navy warship best known for its role in the 1807 Chesapeake–Leopard affair, a pivotal naval incident that heightened tensions between Britain and the United States before the War of 1812.
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E.
HMS Leopard
HMS Leopard is a fictional Royal Navy warship featured in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin historical novel series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.