Dingyuan
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Dingyuan was a late 19th-century Chinese ironclad warship that served as the most powerful vessel of the Qing dynasty’s Beiyang Fleet and played a central role in the First Sino-Japanese War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dingyuan canonical | 4 |
| Dingyuan-class ironclad | 2 |
| Ships of the Beiyang Fleet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2212646 — 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.
Target entity: Dingyuan Context triple: [Beiyang Fleet, flagship, Dingyuan]
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Beiyang Fleet
The Beiyang Fleet was the late Qing dynasty’s principal modern naval force, which suffered devastating losses to Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War, marking a turning point in East Asian naval power.
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Kaga
Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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Japanese battlecruiser Takao
Japanese battlecruiser Takao was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the early 20th century.
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D.
Musashi
Musashi was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, one of the largest and most heavily armed ever built, serving as a flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy before being sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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E.
Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Dingyuan Target entity description: Dingyuan was a late 19th-century Chinese ironclad warship that served as the most powerful vessel of the Qing dynasty’s Beiyang Fleet and played a central role in the First Sino-Japanese War.
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A.
Beiyang Fleet
The Beiyang Fleet was the late Qing dynasty’s principal modern naval force, which suffered devastating losses to Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War, marking a turning point in East Asian naval power.
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B.
Kaga
Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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C.
Japanese battlecruiser Takao
Japanese battlecruiser Takao was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the early 20th century.
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D.
Musashi
Musashi was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, one of the largest and most heavily armed ever built, serving as a flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy before being sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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E.
Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ironclad warship
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military ship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament |
305 mm main guns
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secondary guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| armorType | belt armor ⓘ |
| builder | AG Vulcan Stettin ⓘ |
| category |
Ironclad warships of China
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Ships built in Stettin ⓘ Dingyuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ships of the Beiyang Fleet
Victorian-era naval ships of China ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1885 ⓘ |
| conflict | First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ |
| constructionSite | Stettin ⓘ |
| country | Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| countryOfBuild | German Empire ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 7,300 tons ⓘ |
| era | late 19th century ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
most powerful vessel of the Beiyang Fleet
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symbol of Qing naval modernization ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | iron ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1881 ⓘ |
| navalTechnologyLevel | pre-dreadnought era ⓘ |
| navalTheater | Yellow Sea ⓘ |
| notableEngagement | Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ |
| operator | Beiyang Fleet ⓘ |
| propulsion |
sail rig (auxiliary)
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steam engines ⓘ |
| regionOfOperation | East Asia ⓘ |
| role | flagship of the Beiyang Fleet ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1885 ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Dingyuan
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dingyuan-class ironclad
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| sisterShip | Zhenyuan ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
| sunkIn | First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ |
| topSpeed | approximately 14.5 knots ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Beiyang Fleet
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surface form:
Imperial Chinese Navy
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Subject: Dingyuan Description of subject: Dingyuan was a late 19th-century Chinese ironclad warship that served as the most powerful vessel of the Qing dynasty’s Beiyang Fleet and played a central role in the First Sino-Japanese War.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.