Royal Navy line-of-battle fleet

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The Royal Navy line-of-battle fleet was the main battle force of Britain’s sailing navy, composed of large ships of the line organized to fight in coordinated formations during major naval engagements.

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Label	Occurrences
Royal Navy battle fleet	5
Royal Navy fleet at the Battle of San Domingo	1
Royal Navy line-of-battle fleet canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21351935 — 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: Royal Navy line-of-battle fleet
Context triple: [HMS Burford, service, Royal Navy line-of-battle fleet]

A. Grand Fleet (Royal Navy)
The Grand Fleet (Royal Navy) was Britain’s principal battle fleet during World War I, centered at Scapa Flow and tasked with securing maritime supremacy against the German High Seas Fleet.
B. British Channel Fleet
The British Channel Fleet was a principal Royal Navy formation tasked with defending the English Channel and projecting British naval power in European waters, notably during the 18th and 19th centuries.
C. Royal Navy warships
Royal Navy warships are the commissioned combat vessels of the United Kingdom’s naval force, historically central to British maritime power and involved in major naval conflicts worldwide.
D. British Home Fleet
The British Home Fleet was a major Royal Navy battle fleet responsible for defending the waters around the British Isles, particularly during the World Wars.
E. Royal Navy surface flotillas
Royal Navy surface flotillas are operational groupings of the Royal Navy’s surface warships, organized to manage, train, and deploy these vessels for maritime operations.
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: Royal Navy line-of-battle fleet
Target entity description: The Royal Navy line-of-battle fleet was the main battle force of Britain’s sailing navy, composed of large ships of the line organized to fight in coordinated formations during major naval engagements.

A. Grand Fleet (Royal Navy)
The Grand Fleet (Royal Navy) was Britain’s principal battle fleet during World War I, centered at Scapa Flow and tasked with securing maritime supremacy against the German High Seas Fleet.
B. British Channel Fleet
The British Channel Fleet was a principal Royal Navy formation tasked with defending the English Channel and projecting British naval power in European waters, notably during the 18th and 19th centuries.
C. Royal Navy warships
Royal Navy warships are the commissioned combat vessels of the United Kingdom’s naval force, historically central to British maritime power and involved in major naval conflicts worldwide.
D. British Home Fleet
The British Home Fleet was a major Royal Navy battle fleet responsible for defending the waters around the British Isles, particularly during the World Wars.
E. Royal Navy surface flotillas
Royal Navy surface flotillas are operational groupings of the Royal Navy’s surface warships, organized to manage, train, and deploy these vessels for maritime operations.
F. None of above. chosen